Self-Audit Checklists and Best Practices

The First Amendment as applied to public school districts is as complex as the ways school districts interact with constituents.  How far does a school district’s ability to control speech of its employees go? Must a school district permit its football coach to take a knee during National Anthem?  What about if a teacher talks politics in biology class? What about a teacher’s speech outside of the classroom? This new self-evaluation checklist addresses one particular issue in the First Amendment kaleidoscope: freedom of speech when the school district is acting as an employer.