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What school districts are working with religious liberties law firm, Independence Law Center?

  • By Ashley Stalnecker/LNP | LancasterOnline
Attorneys Jeremy Samek and Randall Wenger speak to the media after leaving the U.S. Supreme Court, where the nation's top court heard Gerald Groff's case challenging the U.S. Postal Service for scheduling him to work on Sundays, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Wenger, at center-right, recently met with Warwick School Board President Emily Zimmerman and Vice President Scott Landis.

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Attorneys Jeremy Samek and Randall Wenger speak to the media after leaving the U.S. Supreme Court, where the nation's top court heard Gerald Groff's case challenging the U.S. Postal Service for scheduling him to work on Sundays, on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Wenger, at center-right, recently met with Warwick School Board President Emily Zimmerman and Vice President Scott Landis.

Updated: This article has been updated to reflect the most recent votes on using the Independence Law Center by local school districts.

Independence Law Center, a religious rights law firm, has made headway in meeting and contracting with school districts throughout Lancaster County and central Pennsylvania in recent months.

Penn Manor School District voted 5-4 to add the law firm as special council on Aug. 20, 2024.

Independence Law Center (ILC) is a Harrisburg-based firm that has worked with typically Republican-dominated school boards to craft policies on student access to library books and rules for transgender students’ use of restrooms and locker rooms.

The following districts have already contracted with the ILC:

Adams County

– Upper Adams School District

Lancaster County

Penn Manor School District

– Warwick School District

– Hempfield School District

– Eastern Lancaster County School District

– Elizabethtown Area School District

York County

– Dover School District

– Northern York School District

– South Western School District

The following Lancaster County districts has worked with the ILC in drafting one or more board policies:

– Hempfield School District

– Eastern Lancaster County School District

WITF’s Jordan Wilkie contributed to this story.

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