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A Guide to West Virginia’s Student Journalism Press Freedom Protection Act

Signed by Gov. Jim Justice in March 2023, the law protects the press freedom of West Virginia’s public school and university student journalists and their advisers. The law says that student journalism cannot be censored by school officials, except in certain very narrow circumstances, and that advisers cannot be penalized for refusing to infringe on… Continue reading A Guide to West Virginia’s Student Journalism Press Freedom Protection Act

A Guide to California’s Student Press Freedom Laws

Since 1977, California has adopted several laws to protect the press freedom of California’s student journalists at all levels of education and in public and private schools. The laws say that student media cannot be censored by school officials, except in certain very narrow circumstances, and that advisers cannot be penalized for refusing to infringe… Continue reading A Guide to California’s Student Press Freedom Laws

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Records show opposition to Lyman yearbook overblown

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August 16, 2023October 5, 2023 Student Press Law Center

A tense public battle over content in a Florida high school yearbook was overblown, according to public records obtained by SPLC.

Guide to Illinois’s Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act and College Campus Press Act

Two Illinois laws, signed in 2016 and 2008, protect the press freedom of Illinois’s public school student journalists and public higher education student journalists and college media advisers. The law says that student journalists cannot be censored by school officials, except in certain very narrow circumstances, and that college media advisers cannot be penalized for… Continue reading Guide to Illinois’s Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act and College Campus Press Act

A Guide to the Arkansas Student Publications Act

First passed in 1995 and updated in 2019, the law was one of the first so-called “anti-Hazelwood laws” in the country specifically passed to counter the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1988 decision in Hazelwood Sch. Dist. v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260. The law protects the press freedom of Arkansas’s public school and public… Continue reading A Guide to the Arkansas Student Publications Act

A Guide to Rhode Island’s Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act

Signed by Gov. Gina Raimondo in 2017, the law protects the press freedom of Rhode Island’s public and private high school, college and university student journalists and their advisers. The law says that student media cannot be censored except in certain very narrow circumstances, and that advisers cannot be penalized for refusing to infringe on… Continue reading A Guide to Rhode Island’s Student Journalists’ Freedom of Expression Act

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Kansas newsroom raid raises red flags for student press freedom

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August 16, 2023September 8, 2023 Student Press Law Center

Learn more about the recent Kansas newsroom raid & SPLC’s legal guides to help student journalists get familiar with laws about police raids.

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Red Flag: My principal demands to read everything before we publish

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August 17, 2022August 25, 2022 Student Press Law Center and Student Press Law Center

Censorship isn’t always cut and dry. That’s why, for the next few weeks, the Student Press Law Center is highlighting some common red flags — so you can keep an eye out for censorship.