"The legal challenge centers on a 6 September letter Morath sent to school superintendents across Texas, instructing them to report educators who made what he termed reprehensible and inappropriate remarks about Kirk, who was shot and killed on 10 September while speaking at Utah Valley University. Public school teachers and other employees do not surrender their first amendment rights simply by virtue of their employment, the lawsuit reads."
"The lawsuit describes cases of four teachers who faced discipline ranging from termination to formal investigations after making personal social media posts criticizing Kirk's rightwing positions on issues including race and immigration. According to the complaint, educators were punished despite posting from personal accounts, outside work hours, and without causing any disruption to school operations. The Texas Education Agency has received more than 350 complaints about educators' social media activity related to Kirk's death, according to the Texas Tribune."
Texas American Federation of Teachers, representing about 66,000 public school employees, filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block the Texas Education Agency and its commissioner from investigations of educators' social media posts. The legal challenge targets a 6 September letter directing superintendents to report educators who made reprehensible and inappropriate remarks about Charlie Kirk. The complaint contends that investigations have punished teachers for personal, off-duty posts that did not disrupt school operations. The lawsuit details four teachers facing discipline ranging from termination to formal probes. The agency logged more than 350 complaints, with 95 remaining under investigation and hundreds dismissed or unsubstantiated.
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