It’s back to school time for millions of American kids.

That means new school supplies, clothes, anxiety and excitement. And for some parents, relief.

For some public-school bureaucrats, though, it means another opportunity to stifle the religious liberty of students and staff.

Every year, my firm, First Liberty Institute, receives dozens of requests for legal help from students and teachers who face hostility from school administrators and attorneys for simple acts of religious expression. Despite recent rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court that clarified the rights of students and teachers to express their religious faith, in too many school districts around the nation, the knee-jerk reaction to religious activity is intolerance, hostility and censorship.

Just outside of Buffalo, New Yo

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