Does a teacher have a right to comment on the issue of school funding?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Los Angeles Teachers Union, Local 1021, Am. Federation of Teachers v. Los Angeles City Bd. of Ed., 455 P.2d 827, 71 Cal.2d 551, 78 Cal.Rptr. 723 (Cal. 1969):
9 Teachers have a First Amendment right to 'comment on matters of public interest in connection with the operation of the public schools * * *. (T)he question whether a school system requires additional funds is a matter of legitimate public concern * * *. (I)t is essential that (teachers) be able to speak out freely on such questions * * *.' (Pickering v. Board of Education, Supra, 391 U.S. 563, 568, 571-572, 88 S.Ct. 1731, 1734, 1736, 20 L.Ed.2d 811.)
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