LAUSD Reverses Decision, Allows Christian Club Promotion in Weekly School Webinar
May 8, 2026
California’s largest school district has agreed to allow a Christian student group to promote its activities during a school-wide webinar, reversing itself after facing legal pressure over alleged discrimination.
Christianity Daily reports that the Los Angeles Unified School District decided to permit the Faith and Fellowship Club at its Arts and Entertainment Virtual Academy to advertise during the school’s weekly webinar after receiving a demand letter from Liberty Counsel.
The club had previously been barred from participating in the webinar promotions, but according to a statement shared with the Christian Post, the district will now include promotional slides for the Christian club as part of its regular online announcements.
In its demand letter, received on April 17, Liberty Counsel argued that the school’s actions raised constitutional concerns.
The letter stated: “The exclusion of a slide announcing a Christian club (and the conspicuous absence of slides promoting Christmas and Easter and urging students to ‘celebrate’ them through art) while Ramadan is promoted to students is suggestive of viewpoint discrimination.”
The letter also alleged that the school excluded the Faith and Fellowship Club from its official list of extracurricular activities, which Liberty Counsel argued amounted to unequal treatment.
According to Christianity Today, Liberty Counsel urged the district to allow the club to present a promotional segment during the webinar and to include it among the school’s recognized extracurricular organizations.
In a response letter, the Los Angeles Unified School District explained that the Faith and Fellowship Club differed from other programs featured in the webinar, describing it as “the only student-led club at this school.”
The response letter also confirmed that the principal of the Arts and Entertainment Virtual Academy “has agreed to allow the Faith and Fellowship Club’s proposed message to be included in Monday’s Weekly Webinar.”
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