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The Student Press Law Center promotes, supports and defends the First Amendment and free press rights of student journalists and their advisers. Founded in 1974, the nonprofit, nonpartisan SPLC is based in Washington, D.C.
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Reflecting on the legal foundations of student free speech and expression
This Constitution Day, we take a look back on the key student free speech & expression SCOTUS cases that shaped the current legal landscape.
SPLC warns Oregon district that yearbook censorship may violate New Voices law
Vale School District officials recently said they are overriding their students’ decisions and reprinting the 2022-23 Vale High School yearbook because it contained language that, in the superintendent’s words, “may elicit negative emotions.”
Records show opposition to Lyman yearbook overblown
A tense public battle over content in a Florida high school yearbook was overblown, according to public records obtained by SPLC.