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Injunction Blocks "Don't Be Friends" Law For Missouri Teachers

Posted by timothy on from the you-can't-be-friends-says-the-government dept.

Mr.Intel writes "A Missouri Circuit Court granted an injunction today, blocking the state law (PDF) that would ban all electronic communication between teachers and students, including their own children that was set to take effect on Sunday."

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  1. Re:Every legislator that voted for it should resig by hedwards · · Score: 1, Troll

    It doesn't clearly violate the constitution. People choose to teach and when they do, they have to follow the resulting requirements. In some cases that means being subjected to prosecution for what would otherwise be legal behavior. One example is that in some states the statute of limitations is higher for teacher student relationships than it would otherwise be.

    Personally, I think it's somewhat silly as FB interactions at least are subject to subpoena a better law would be to mandate data retention on those communiques.