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Answer 1 is correct. Student free speech is protected by the First Amendment, especially when made off of the school grounds. The courts have weighed disruption of school functioning as a weighty factor in deciding whether such speech can be regulated. There are no facts here to indicate that the student's speech resulted in a substantial disruption of the school's educational pursuits.
See Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School Dist., 393 U.S. 503, 514 (1969) (wearing arm bands to protest war did not cause a substantial disruption of school activities and was protected); J.S. ex Rel. Snyder v. Blue Mountain School, 650 F.3d 915, 927 (3d Cir. 2011) (The Constitution will “permit school officials to regulate "`lewd,' `vulgar,' `indecent,' and `plainly offensive' speech in school” but not out of school).
Answer 2 is incorrect because the reaction of students did not constitute any substantial disruption of activities and the student has a wide scope of free speech when not using the school platform.
Answer 3 is incorrect because it is wrongly stated in the negative — the statement would only make sense if it indicated that there were outstanding material facts still left to decide. In addition, the fact that the student in our case had conducted his speech activities off of school grounds takes away the potential questions of fact, especially considering the absence of a substantial disruption of operations.
Answer 4 is incorrect because of the same considerations discussed earlier herein. There was no risk of riot under the circumstances.
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