DENVER (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district. Judge Nina Y. Wang wrote that wearing a sash during a graduation ceremony falls under school-sponsored speech, not the student’s private speech. They also said that it’s inconsistent for the district to allow Native American attire but not Peña Villasano’s sash representing her heritage. A transgender girl lodged a lawsuit against a Mississippi school district for banning her from wearing a dress to graduation. This year, Colorado passed a law making it illegal to keep Native American students from donning such regalia.

Source: Huffington Post May 27, 2023 10:05 UTC