The ACLU lawsuit filed on behalf of the parents of “C.C.,” a Buddhist sixth-grader allegedly bullied for his beliefs by Christian teachers and administrators at Negreet High School in Louisiana, has been settled in favor of the parents.
According to the AP, the settlement details the ways in which teachers and school officials must refrain from promoting religious beliefs and practices in the public schools. It also orders financial remuneration for the boy’s parents, who relocated C.C. to another school much farther from their home to escape the harassment.
An ACLU blog post on the settlement says the order also “mandates in-service training for school staff regarding their obligations under the First Amendment.” The order “took the form of a ‘consent decree’ agreed to by the school board, [which] ensures that these unlawful practices will be discontinued in Sabine Parish and brings the case to a close. We applaud the board for doing right by C.C., his siblings, and all district students.”
The ACLU post also says the family was subjected to profane racial slurs shouted at them in a KKK-style drive-by.
