[beefheart]

In the US, the idea that the federal government could issue such a ban would be preposterous. It's a matter of principle. The state shouldn't be regulating these kinds of things, it only makes a mockery of itself.

[yodsanklai]

> The state shouldn't be regulating these kinds of things, it only makes a mockery of itself.

so who should be regulating what happens in public schools?

[blattimwind]

Ah come on, your federal government messes around in so many things that are covered by a thin veil of constitutional backing, a charade.

[dragonwriter]

> In the US, the idea that the federal government could issue such a ban would be preposterous.

Yes, but only because the US is a federal republic where the states, not the central government, have general police powers. That kind of blanket regulation would not be particularly out of line with the kind of thing state laws regulate in schools, however.

[zzzcpan]

But schools are already pretty heavily regulated by the state in the US. Is media/public not aware of this at all?