Today, the ACLU of Virginia joined a coalition of education and civil rights organizations to urge the Virginia Board of Education (Board) to postpone its final approval of a state plan under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

The ACLU of Virginia & legal organizations today called on the governor and officials for the City of Charlottesville to request an independent investigation into police response to Klan counter-protest.

We are saddened beyond words that Gov. Terry McAuliffe has chosen to allow the execution of William Morva, a mentally ill man, despite strong appeals for clemency from state, national and international mental health and human rights advocates.

The ACLU-VA sent Rep. Scott Taylor a letter explaining how his censorship of opposing viewpoints in a limited public forum violates his constituents’ rights to free speech.

The ACLU of Virginia applauds Hopewell City Public Schools for creating a limited public forum space where students can have access to both religious and secular materials.

A fasting student from Bellwood Elementary School was forced to run in her physical education class, despite her religious practice. The ACLU of Virginia wrote a letter to Chesterfield County Public Schools to explain how that would be a violation of religious freedom.

The ACLU-VA and advocacy partners met with members of Gov. Terry McAuliffe's cabinet to discuss evidence-based reform measures, in an effort to drastically reduce the use of this inhumane practice.

Today, the Prince William County School Board voted to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the school division’s non-discrimination policy. The following statement may be attributed to ACLU of Virginia Executive Director Claire Guthrie Gastañaga.

The ACLU of Virginia is seeking relief in the courts for a man who was unlawfully jailed for two-and-a-half months beyond what his court sentences required.