A California first-grader was punished for a drawing she ... turns on whether the speech in question would "significantly interfere with the discipline needed for the school to function." ...

“B.B. testified that she gifted the Drawing to M.C. to make ... “Students have the right to be free from speech that denigrates their race while at school,” he wrote in the ruling.

The incident has sparked a debate about free speech rights for young ... do not extend to B.B.’s drawing due to her age. He stated, “Elementary school … is not a marketplace of ideas.” ...

But US Central District Court Judge David Carter ruled that 'Students have the right to be free from speech that denigrates their race while at school'. Carter added that the drawing was not ...