Advocate Charlie Yale shares accomplishments and lessons learned during the 2024 legislative season.
Yale: Nebraska has momentum and clear need for New Voices
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Hoard shares three observations about New Voices in Missouri
Advocate Kellen Hoard shares accomplishments and lessons learned during the 2024 legislative season.
Minnesota New Voices law (2024)
On May 17, 2024, Minnesota became the 18th New Voices state. Read the full law now.
Minnesota governor signs student press freedom into law
The Student Press Law Center, the nation’s leading advocate for student press freedom, hailed the adoption of new protections for Minnesota student journalists. Gov. Tim Walz signed SF 3567 into law on Friday, officially making Minnesota the 18th state to adopt what are known nationally as “New Voices” protections.
Minnesota House, Senate pass updated bill with New Voices protections
The final version of Minnesota’s education policy omnibus bill, SF 3567, passed the House and Senate this week after a conference committee reconciled differences between earlier versions passed by each chamber.
Pennsylvania House committee discusses New Voices bill
Three supporters of student press freedom testified April 29 in the Pennsylvania House Education Committee in favor of HB 1309, the first such hearing for the New Voices bill.
Minnesota Senate, House pass bill with student media protections
A bill partially inspired by the New Voices movement to protect the rights of student journalists has passed both the Minnesota Senate and House, and it now heads to a conference committee to work out differences between the two versions unrelated to student media.
2023 New Voices Student Leaders Institute
Learn more about the 2023 New Voices Student Leaders Institute and meet the participants.
Six years in, many WA districts still not in compliance with New Voices law
March 21 marked the sixth anniversary of Washington’s New Voices law, but a new investigation by the Student Press Law Center finds that many of the state’s school districts still do not have fully compliant student media policies required by the law.
SPLC submits testimony on Minnesota New Voices bills
On March 13, student journalists and other supporters of student press freedom testified in the Minnesota Legislature in support of HR 4083 and SF 3998, companion bills that would protect press freedom in the state's school-sponsored media.