Free Speech Suit By Parent Critical Of School COVID Policy Dodges Dismissal Motion

Mealey's (June 23, 2023, 12:28 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — A Michigan federal judge on June 22 granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss by a Michigan school district and its board of education in a parent’s lawsuit against the board and two of its members for their responses to her criticism of the district’s COVID-19 policy, finding it plausible that an email sent to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) by the board president could be determined to be a collective decision of the board but that the parent had not satisfactorily alleged that the board was aware of or sanctioned acts of the other board member....