A state appeals court threw out contempt sanctions against Louisiana State University trustees and reversed a lower-court's ruling that required disclosure of dozens of people considered for the college's vacant presidency. Instead, the college will have to reveal only the names of four finalists who received interviews.
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Student Press Law Center names new Board officers, directors to start 2015
Media lawyer Sherrese Smith and corporate philanthropy executive Matthew Pakula join SPLC's 15-member Board of Directors for three-year terms starting Jan. 1, 2015.
Student government at California university puts student newspaper on ‘temporary hiatus’ because of ‘quality and professionalism’ concerns
The student government at the University of Redlands voted earlier this month to place the institution’s student-run newspaper on “temporary hiatus” over concerns about the paper’s “quality and professionalism.” One editor at the newspaper said the decision to defund the Bulldog Weekly was retaliation for an article about a new scholarship. The story quoted a student saying the fund was for “rich, white males.”
Searching professor's house for guns based on Facebook joke was unreasonable, appeals court rules
Evidence seized in an unlawful newsroom search led police to discover pot in a professor's home. But the illegally obtained evidence can't be used at the professor's drug trial.
SPLC office moves to downtown Washington, D.C., location
After 10 years in Arlington, Va., the Student Press Law Center is going "back to the future" and moving into an office space in downtown Washington, D.C., where we began 40 years ago.
Fla. bill would allow universities to hire presidents, other executive positions behind closed doors
The bill would provide a public records exemption for any personally identifying information about an applicant applying to be president, provost or dean of a a state university or Florida College System institution
December 2014 podcast: Regulating Internet use in public schools, libraries
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Deborah Caldwell-Stone of the American Library Association discusses the effects Internet filters in public schools and libraries have on learning.Frank LoMonte: Hi, and thanks for joining us on another episode of the Student Press Law Center’s monthly podcast. I’m Frank LoMonte, executive director of the Student Press Law Center. The Student Press Law Center is an… Continue reading December 2014 podcast: Regulating Internet use in public schools, libraries
Yearbook Law: A Student Press Law Center project
Some companies have started to scan yearbooks to convince people to join their subscription services. But you, the editors of the yearbook, own your work. And you can protect it if you follow the steps outlined here.
SPLC urges Education Secretary to side with transparency, not concealment, in Montana sexual assault investigation
Education Department served notice it will side with University of Montana in arguing that FERPA privacy bars disclosure of public records in the disciplinary appeal of Montana's starting quarterback
Ohio judge thinks sealed court testimony in school bullying suit is a FERPA record
An Ohio newspaper is trying to obtain transcripts of the testimony of Sandusky High School employees in a racial-harassment lawsuit brought by the family of two bullied girls. The school district settled the case in September 2014, paying the family $110,000. But a federal magistrate judge sealed the deposition transcripts, citing the Family Educational Rights… Continue reading Ohio judge thinks sealed court testimony in school bullying suit is a FERPA record