Legal Opinion
Virgil v. School Board of Columbia County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 12, 1989No. 88-3127PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This case presents the question of whether the first amendment prevents a school board from removing a previously approved textbook from an elective high school class because of objections to the material’s vulgarity and sexual explicitness. We conclude that a school board may, without contravening constitutional limits, take such action where, as here, its methods are “reasonably related to legitimate pedagogical concerns.” Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. FACTS
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