Protecting religious liberty in schools for students and their families, teachers, and even board members continues to be a critical battleground for our nation.

Let me share with you just some of our ongoing cases defending faith in the schoolhouse.

In Arizona, Heather Rooks proudly took office on the Peoria Unified School Board last year. But, since then, she has received extreme backlash for citing Bible verses during her designated comment time at school board meetings.

A radical secular organization sent the district a letter threatening to file a lawsuit if Heather was allowed to continue quoting Scripture.

As a result, the school board’s attorney has “advised” Heather and other members against quoting Scripture during public meetings.

But Heather is fighting back. She is standing firm not just for her own rights, but for the rights of all school board members to freely exercise their First Amendment freedoms.

Meanwhile in California, we are fighting in federal court against the California Department of Education.

We’re defending religious homeschooling families who are standing up to what can only be describe as state sponsored discrimination.

Due to state laws, charter schools designed to help homeschooling parents are preventing them from using state funds to purchase faith-based curricula, materials, and classes if they are religious.

Some of these charter schools reject credit for coursework that originates from faith-based curriculum or in which the student demonstrates a religious perspective.

One of our clients was even expelled from a charter school because they used a religious curriculum.

And finally, we have one recent bright spot in education to share. Dr. Varkey, the biology professor fired for teaching biology, just won and got his job back!

Dr. Varkey taught Human Anatomy and Physiology for nearly two decades at St. Philips College. That is, until four students walked out of his class when he stated that sex was determined by chromosomes X and Y.

Then, the college fired him.

But Dr. Varkey fought back against this wrongful termination and won! Now, he is going back in the fall to continue doing what he loves: teaching science.

In case you missed the celebration of this major victory, watch Dr. Varkey on First Liberty Live! talk about this fight and why it was a critical win for truth and freedom.

Learn more about these and our other exciting cases with this March update from our President and CEO Kelly Shackelford:

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Here’s a glimpse at the episodes we have coming up on First Liberty Live! in March.*

March  Episode Schedule:
	Parental Rights Win Against Woke School featuring Kayla Toney First Liberty Attorney
	How to Blend Faith and Politics featuring Bunni Pounds Author and President of Christians Engaged
	Woke CVS Gets Worse featuring Gunna Kristofersdottir Former Nurse Practitioner for CVS
	Can Our Culture Be Saved? featuring Stephen Presley Author & Senior Fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy

*All episodes subject to change so stay updated on this page to see our latest episode schedule.

As we press ahead into these battles for religious freedom in schools across America, we want to encourage you to join the fight.

It's imperative that every parent, teacher, student, and administrator is aware of their rights. We cannot afford to retreat in this fight; instead, we must seize every opportunity to advocate for and secure the rights of all people of faith.

Will you stand with us as we champion religious freedom in schools across America?