OREGON -- A bill seeking to protect high school and college student press rights will likely be signed into law by Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) within a week, lawmakers say.
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Student threatened with suspension for passing out fliers on campus
OHIO -- A student at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College was threatened with suspension and escorted off campus on May 30 for distributing fliers supporting the school janitors' campaign for higher wages.
Student has charge reduced after notebook detailed school shootings
WASHINGTON -- A high school senior who was charged with a felony for talking about shooting dozens of his classmates and keeping a notebook about the scheme has had his charge reduced to a misdemeanor and can return to school in fall if officials invite him back.
Ocean County College students settle First Amendment lawsuit
A college newspaper adviser removed from her position in December 2005 has been permanently reinstated as part of the settlement of a lawsuit filed by several students who claimed her removal was an act of censorship by intimidation.
Georgia police department appealing open-records case to state supreme court
GEORGIA -- The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is asking the state supreme court to overturn a court of appeals decision that opened records of a 15-year-old murder investigation.
Media proposal on hold at U. of Utah as officials review plan to create oversight board
UTAH -- A media proposal to save the student-run radio station at the University of Utah has been put on hold after local newspapers reported that university officials were pressuring editors at the student newspaper to change online content.
United States will appeal Child Online Protection Act ruling
PENNSYLVANIA -- In another step of a legal marathon that has spanned three attorney generals and traveled to the U.S. Supreme Court and back, a federal court in Pennsylvania ruled March 22 that a law intended to shield children from Internet pornography violates the First and Fifth Amendments. The U.S. government has filed an appeal.
Texas governor signs religious student expression law
TEXAS -- A measure signed into law by Gov. Rick Perry (R) on June 8 will protect students' rights to religious expression in the state's public schools.
Brooklyn College art students receive settlement from city
NEW YORK -- Eighteen former graduate art students and a teacher at Brooklyn College signed a settlement with the City of New York on May 31, a year after a parks commissioner shut down the students' exhibition at the Brooklyn War Memorial because he considered some of the art pieces inappropriate for families and sexually offensive.
The city awarded $750 to each student and the teacher, as well as $42,500 in legal fees, for a total of $56,750.
Florida Gulf Coast U. newspaper, student government agree to funding terms
FLORIDA -- A task force organized to solve a funding dispute between student government and student newspaper leaders at Florida Gulf Coast University has arrived at an agreement both sides say could mean a more stable future for the Eagle News.
The agreement -- in the form of a non-binding resolution passed Feb.