A state law created to protect people from “revenge porn” has drawn criticism and a federal lawsuit from bookstores, publishers and news media groups, who claim they could be punished because the law is overly broad and violates constitutionally guaranteed free speech.
Tag: Arizona
Censored yearbook quotes raised questions of prior review at Tucson high school
School officials at a Tucson high school censored nearly 10 quotes in the yearbook with black stickers before distributing to students.
Proposal to impose state-level penalties for FERPA violations cut from final version of Arizona legislation
Arizona's governor has signed into law a bill that sets out steps to take for those who believe a school has “knowingly violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.”The original version of the bill, introduced in the state Senate in February, would have allowed the state's Department of Education to withhold 10 percent of the school's monthly state aid if the problem was not fixed within 60 days.
Arizona newspaper's re-launch stalled indefinitely following prior review disagreement
Students at Yavapai Community College working toward a re-launch of the student newspaper say prior review issues have “shut down” their progress.
Arizona legislators propose constitutional “loyalty oath” to graduate high school
“I, ______, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge these duties; so help me God.”High school students in the state of Arizona would be required to recite the above oath before graduating if a proposed bill is passed. The bill is an effort to “encourage our high school students to take an active interest in what our Constitution is,” bill co-sponsor Rep.
Arizona legislator proposes state-level penalties for violating FERPA
An Arizona lawmaker wants to impose state-level penalties to schools that release student information that's illegal under a federal student privacy law.
Judge orders release of settlement agreement in 'strip search' case that went to Supreme Court
Nearlyeight years after the original incident, one legal footnote has been added to astoried case involving 13-year-old Savana Redding, who was strip-searched byschool officials looking for drugs.
Ariz. adviser thinks story about school dances led to his removal
Students at Lake Havasu High School will find themselves with a new journalismadviser next year following Dan Aston’s removal after four years as adviser tothe student newspaper, Knight Life.Aston contends he was removed in large part over a disagreement with principalDenise Miner about acceptable content for the student paper, but Miner deniesthat claim.
Ariz. court tosses district's harassment suit against parents who asked for records
TheArizona Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s dismissal of a case broughtby a small school district seeking to bar a group of women from requestingpublic records.
Previously censored article printed after high school paper, administration reach compromise
After a ten-month censorship battle with theGlendale Union High School District, Thunderbird High School's studentnewspaper, The Challenge, published and distributed a previously censoredarticle.