The short answer is yes. My guess is that the former reason is the REAL reason she was suspended. The latter reason was for "PC public" consumption. In either case, the 1st Amendment to the US Constitution was clearly violated here. Don't know if the same protections apply, however.
It makes a difference. If she could have refused to wear it & not been suspended, then that makes the 1st line of the article inaccurate & misleading. And that’s really the point of my post.
I don’t know what the school regulations are for handing out or stapling up opinion posters. May have violation of 1st Amendment implications.