Settlement of Somali harassment complaints in Minn. schools to require reporting; School Silences 'Kids For Christ'

Associated Press:

A Minnesota school district must report to the federal government any future allegations of harassment against Somali students as part of a tentative agreement to end a civil rights investigation, the district's superintendent said Monday.

St. Cloud Superintendent Bruce Watkins said all but the final details of the agreement had been reached with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The deal up for board approval Thursday night requires that the district make its schools more welcoming to Somalis; it finds that the district broke no federal rules in handling previous incidents, Watkins said.

Todd Starnes:

An Oklahoma school district is facing a lawsuit for allegedly forbidding organizers of a Christian club from promoting events on campus.

"This is a simple matter of a school district targeting a Christian organization," said Matt Sharp, an attorney representing the "Kids for Christ," a community-led Christian group suing the Owasso Public Schools.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 26, 2011 1:47 AM
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