Parents in Rochester, New York, filed a federal class action lawsuit against the state and their son’s school, which punished him for refusing to take the tests in accordance with his parents’ wishes.

The school not only punished the boy, but sent the sheriff’s office to the ballfield to make sure he was not allowed to play baseball.

Good for them! I would sue too.

The story says:

“New York has no policy on “opt-out” protests, so students in one district may be disciplined for “insubordination” while students in a neighboring district can sit out “without fear of reprisal,” lead plaintiffs Melissa and Craig Barber say in the complaint.
” They sued the state, its Department of Education, the Rush-Henrietta Central School District and School Board, its superintendent and the principal of Burger Middle School.
“The Barbers say they told their son’s school by letter that they did not want him to take the test. But not only did the school punish him for being “insubordinate,” it called the sheriff’s office to send officers to a ball field to be sure he did not play baseball while the school was punishing him, the parents say in the complaint.”