Virginia wants to bar the public from hearing on Loudoun County schools lawsuit

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Virginia wants to bar the public from hearing on Loudoun County schools lawsuit

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times - Friday, July 8, 2022

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has asked a county judge to prevent the public from attending a hearing this week on the Loudoun County Public School’s lawsuit to quash a grand jury probe into how school officials handled past cases of sexual misconduct.

Mr. Miyares argued in a filing that allowing the public access to the proceedings would expose portions of the grand jury that are typically secretive and taint the criminal investigation. ... “There is no First Amendment right of access to grand jury proceedings,” Mr. Miyares said in the filing.

The school board sued in May to halt the grand jury, which Mr. Miyares convened following an executive order from Gov. Glenn Youngkin.

School officials have argued the grand jury was convened unlawfully.

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1. Judge rules against school board in probe of sex assaults

LEESBURG, Va. (AP) — A judge on Monday rejected an effort by the Loudoun County School Board to shut down a special grand jury investigating the school system's handling of two sexual assaults.

The school board says the special grand jury empaneled by Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares is politically motivated and illegally usurps the mandate in the Virginia constitution giving local school boards authority over educational affairs.

Miyares argues that the special grand jury he empaneled is needed to uncover why the school system allowed a boy who had been accused of sexually assaulting a girl in one high school to transfer to another high school, where he was convicted of sexually assaulting a second girl.

Miyares launched the grand jury after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, on his first day in office, issued an executive order requesting an investigation by the attorney general's office.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-rules-against-school-board-204135864.html