The ACLU of Virginia filed a motion seeking leave to file an amicus curiae brief in the Circuit Court for the city of Richmond in support of Connor Bleakley and Sami Alsawaf calling on the court to strike down the fee and residency requirements in Virginia Code 20-25 as unconstitutional.  

Today, the Commonwealth of Virginia affirmed that peer masking in Virginia public schools is a reasonable modification for students with disabilities that put them at severe risk if they contract COVID- 19 as part of a settlement in the Seaman et al. vs. Commonwealth of Virginia et al. lawsuit.

This month a state working group delivered a report to the Virginia General Assembly with policy recommendations for eliminating or reducing the costs and fees of products and services.

ACLU of Virginia challenges rollback of earned sentence credit program before Virginia Supreme Court.

On September 29, 2022, the ACLU of Virginia added its voice to over 50,000 comments opposing the proposed model policies for transgender and nonbinary students.

On August 30, 2022, a judge rejected an effort to label two books as obscene and illegal to sell or lend in the state of Virginia. “The First Amendment protects literary expression, even when some people find portions of the works difficult or objectionable," said Matt Callahan.

Amy Woolard has joined the ACLU of Virginia (ACLUVA) as the newly created Chief Program Officer. The CPO will provide oversight and guidance to the ACLUVA’s legal, policy, and community organizing programs, serving as the conductor, director, and facilitator of its programmatic work.

The ACLU-VA challenges the continued incarceration of Antoine Anderson and demands his immediate release. Mr. Anderson and hundreds of other incarcerated people who earned sentence reductions through good behavior were told at the last minute that their promised release would not be honored.

Hanover fails at every turn to create a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for all of its students by proposing a policy that would place an undue burden on trans students to "earn" the right to use public school facilities.