Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to discuss public school districts' limits on "hate" speech and
reconcile those limits with the decision in Tinker v. Des Moines.

Importance to Education

To avoid disturbance and disruption and to create and maintain a safe learning environment, public schools often adopt policies that forbid certain acts on the part of students. Included in many of these policies are prohibitions on hate speech. The opinion of the court in Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) broadly stated that students retain their first amendment rights when they enter the school, but the breadth of that statement is not without limit. Schools may narrowly curtail free speech rights to the extent necessary to maintain good order and prevent distractions and disturbances in the school. (Tinker v. Des Moines, 1969, p. 514)
Issue
The Seattle School District has adopted prohibitions against hate speech in its Code of
Prohibited Conduct. One of the groups......

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Title: Search And Seizure In Public Schools
Approximate Word Count: 1931
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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