Students have no constitutional right to civics education, First Circuit rules

The Courthouse News reports:

A group of Rhode Island students told the First Circuit the civics education they received in their public schools left them unprepared to participate in democracy, to vote and sit on juries. The students, whose ages ranged from preschoolers to seniors in high school, said the dearth of civics education in the Ocean State especially affects minorities and students in low-income homes, creating a gap that leaves those students less empowered.

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But on Monday, the First Circuit sided with the federal district court judge who dismissed the students’ suit, concluding “an adequate civics education is not a fundamental constitutional right.”

Heh.