KANSAS -- The Journalism Education Association released a statement July 2 that criticized the Morse v. Frederick U.S. Supreme Court decision and urged schools and students to use caution in applying the recent ruling to avoid excessive student censorship.
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Fairfax school district considers student-expression policy change
VIRGINIA -- An attorney for the Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest district in the Washington, D.C. area, is recommending that the district abandon its student-expression policy for a more censor-friendly version that explicitly states that school publications are not open forums, according to documents obtained by the Student Press Law Center.
Eastern Michigan U. violated Clery Act, Department of Education says
MICHIGAN -- Administrators at Eastern Michigan University failed to meet federal safety standards after the body of 22-year-old Laura Dickinson was discovered in December 2006, the U.S. Department of Education found this week.
California court throws out school's dress code
CALIFORNIA -- A California superior court Monday scrapped the dress code at Redwood Middle School, citing the Supreme Court's affirmation of basic student expression rights in the recently decided "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case.
Oregon governor to sign student free expression bill by end of the month
OREGON -- Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) has indicated he will, by the end of the month, sign a bill that aims to protect high school and college student press rights in the state.
George Mason University student government changing open-meetings policy
VIRGINIA --The George Mason University student government is changing the way it does business after editors at the student newspaper informed the body it was breaking state open-meetings laws.
Tennessee State U. yearbook adviser contract not renewed
TENNESSEE -- Tennessee State University's student yearbook will go without an adviser indefinitely, after student publications adviser Pamela Foster's contract was only renewed for the newspaper adviser position.
Maryland high school yearbook pulls photos from social networking site
MARYLAND -- With blank pages to fill and their deadline looming, the yearbook editors at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Md., turned to the social networking site Facebook.com, publishing party photos and candid snapshots that students had posted online -- without credit or permission.
U.S. Supreme Court denies school's petition to hear anti-Bush T-shirt case
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a public school’s petition for a writ of certiorari to hear arguments in a case involving a student who was suspended for wearing a T-shirt depicting President George W. Bush surrounded by images of illegal drugs and alcohol.
California students protest proposed assembly restrictions
CALIFORNIA -- Students at the University of California at San Diego used fliers and the social networking site Facebook.com to protest the administration's proposed new restrictions on student free speech and free assembly.