Thursday, September 12, 1985TThe Battalion/Page 5
Court upholds no-pass, no-play rule
Associated Press
AUSTIN — The state’s contro
versial no-pass, no-play rule was
upheld again Wednesday by the
Texas Supreme Court, which re
jected arguments that the rule “is
narmful to the school children of
Texas and destructive of their basic
civil rights.”
The Supreme Court in a unani
mous opinion first upheld the consi-
titutionality of the rule in July, and
Wednesday overruled a motion for
rehearing.
The rule prohibits students from
taking part in sports or other extra
curricular activities if they fail a
course, although school principals
can suspend the penalty for students
in honors courses.
The rule was adopted by the State
Board of Education in carrying out
directives of the major school re
form bill passed by the 1984 special
legislative session. A student failing
to make at least 70 in any course
over a six-week period would be
banned from extracurricular activ
ities the next six weeks.
State District Judge Marsha An
thony in Houston this spring found
the rule unconstitutional on the
grounds that it violated equal pro
tection and due process guarantees.
Judge David Dunn of Orange
upheld the rule, however, and At
torney General Jim Mattox asked
the Supreme Court to review the is
sue. The court decided on July 10
that the rule was constitutional.
In its motion for rehearing, law
yers for Chris Stamos, who had sued
the Spring Branch Independent
School District on behalf of Nicky
Stamos said, “Public school students
do not shed their First Amendment
rights at the public school house
gate ”
I he rule bars students “caught in
its grip from participating in extra
curricular activities directly entailing
the exercise of First Amendment
rights, i.e., student government, the
school newspaper, the debate squad,
etc.,” stated the motion for rehear-
ing.
The Supreme Court said in its
July opinion said, “A student’s ‘right’
to participate in extracurricular ac
tivities does not rise to the same level
as the right to free speech or free
exercise of religion, both of which
have long been recognized under
our state and federal constitutions.”
It reaffirmed its earlier ruling
without comment.
Cisneros asks health officials
to educate public on AIDS
Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — AIDS is a
bona fide public health problem
that must be dealt with locally.
Mayor Henry Cisneros says.
Cisneros met with leaders of
the San Antonio AIDS Founda
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he would ask city health officials
to prepare pamphlets on the
deadly disease and to conduct
public forums on the illness.
“AIDS has become a much
broader problem than one just
for homosexuals, Haitians and
heroin addicts,” he said. “It’s a
bona fide public health problem.”
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Cisneros said.
However, the mayor said it is
too late for the AIDS Foundation
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Cisneros said other funding
sources may be available.
He promised to meet with the
foundation again in six weeks.
Metropolitan Health District
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connected cases of acquired im
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