Student journalists are petitioning their superintendent, asking him to reverse prior review guidelines created in response to the student news magazine’s article about sexual assault.
Author: Lydia Coutré
South Dakota Senate sends high school activities association openness bill to House
A bill that would require the South Dakota High School Activities Association comply with open meetings and public records laws to has passed the state Senate and is now in the hands of the House.
Current, former Daily Texan editors oppose interim director's 'Weekly Texan' fix to budget woes
Current leaders of The Daily Texan say they cannot support a budget proposal to cut the student newspaper to a weekly, a proposal that has also been questioned by Texan alumni.
Executive searches in Nebraska will remain open after legislative proposal fails
Legislators won’t support a bill that would allow the University of Nebraska to keep candidates for top positions confidential except a single finalist.
Otterbein student journalist sues for private school's police records
A student journalist at Otterbein University is asking the Ohio Supreme Court for help in the student newspaper’s effort to obtain records from the private university’s police force.
Illinois districts adopt policies in response to law setting boundaries for schools' social media password demands
A new Illinois law offers college and high-school students a limited measure of protection against school demands for their social-media passwords. But advocates disagree whether the statute represents a curb on schools’ ability to snoop, or a grant of greater — perhaps unconstitutionally greater — snooping authority.
Proposed Ohio legislation would require all private police forces to make records public
Ohio legislators have introduced a second bill aimed at making public the records of privately employed police officers, whose incident reports, arrest logs and other records have long been kept secret.
Days after University of Nebraska president's position becomes vacant, legislature moves to close future executive searches
A bill introduced this month would allow the University of Nebraska to keep all presidential candidates confidential except the single finalist.
Records: Kansas school administrators justified profanity tickets under criminal law
Public records show that last fall, Maize school district officials were, at times, unsure of the grounds on which district police were issuing tickets for swearing.
Ohio considering legislation to make some private school police subject to public records laws
Though police officers employed by private colleges and universities in Ohio are authorized to uphold and enforce the law like any other officer, their records are kept under wraps, not subject to public records law. This may change with legislation introduced Tuesday that would make public the records kept by a police department established by either private colleges and universities or qualified nonprofit corporations, like hospitals.