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Tiara Mensinger
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A week prior, three Black high school students have sued the Effingham County School District, alleging a litany of civil rights violations.
1) give a short synopsis of the event, 2) research and share related case law, regulation, and statutesthat relate to the event.
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EDD-8862-HYB02
Educational Law and Policy
Tiara Mensinger
Jobe-Winn alleges that the district retaliated against him for reporting leaked Snapchat messages in February 2020
federal lawsuit against the Effingham County School District in Southeast Georgia, alleging retaliation by the district against a Black student for reporting racist and threatening Snapchat messages sent by white students.
Lawsuit: Georgia school district lowered Black student's GPA after he reported racist Snapchats
January 18, 2023 2:16 PM
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Current EventJune 24, 2023
“Messages sent by white students included the N-word and threats to “assassinate them,” “execute them,” “set tazers to kill,” “cut their toes off everytime they run away” and “We gon teach em about Americas.”
Isaiah Jobe-Winn
Jobe-Winn claims that the high school “undertook a retaliation spree” against him, after which he decided to transfer to a different school district.Upon transferring, the Effingham County School District withheld his transcripts “for almost 3-4 months,” according to Jobe-Winn. Once the transcripts were sent, the district had “wrongfully and unlawfully altered” them such that A's were changed to C's to “drastically drop his GPA.” Additionally, bogus disciplinary infractions were added to his record, when, in fact, “his record had been impeccable.”
BENJAMIN PAYNE Savannah Reporter
The First Amendment of the United States Constitution
The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, including reporting and discussing matters of public concern. Retaliation against an individual for exercising their First Amendment rights is unlawful.
Title 6 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title 6 forbids discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive financial assistance from the federal government. Retaliation for reporting racial harassment or discrimination can be considered a violation of Title 6.
Georgia Student Records Act (O.C.G.A. § 20-2-940 et seq.)
This statute controls the confidentiality of student records and who has access to them, including transcripts. It describes what systems must do to keep student records accurate, up to date and, how they disclose them.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA):
The privacy of students' academic records is protected under FERPA. Schools must deliver accurate, unaltered transcripts, and they may be held responsible for false revisions or delays.
- Effingham County School District Superintendent Yancy Ford is named as a defendant in the lawsuit in his official capacity, along with the district's five board members in their official capacities
- The lawsuit claims that Jobe-Winn confronted the district about this, after which the district claimed that they were errors.
- The transcripts and disciplinary record were ultimately corrected, but only after being “vigorously” challenged by Jobe-Winn.