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Tag: legislation

Arizona New Voices passes House Education Committee, now one step closer to becoming law

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March 8, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

In a 10-1 bipartisan vote Monday, the Arizona House Education Committee advanced New Voices legislation that would grant student journalists in the state freedom from administrative censorship.

Tagged Arizona, legislation, new voices, recent-news

Washington New Voices clears state Senate with strong bipartisan support

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March 3, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

New Voices legislation is one step closer to becoming law in Washington state after senators voted Thursday to move the bill on to the House of Representatives.

Tagged Cure-Hazelwood, legislation, new voices, recent-news, Washington

North Dakota bill to protect university research from FOIA requests includes Title IX exemption

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February 24, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

A North Dakota bill originally intended to protect trade secrets and university research will become a problem for reporters trying to access university Title IX investigation documents, if passed in its current form.

Tagged FOIA, legislation, North Dakota, recent-news, research, Title IX

Several state legislatures considering updates to open records laws

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February 22, 2017September 5, 2018 Conner Mitchell

A mixture of positive and negative changes to state open records laws have slowly been making their way through state legislatures in the past few weeks.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, legislation, North Carolina, open records, recent-news

California legislation aims to allow schools to search personal electronic devices

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February 15, 2017November 12, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A new bill could end the protections of the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act for members of education institutions, including students.

Tagged California, Fourth Amendment, legislation, recent-news, school-searches

In unanimous vote, New Voices bill passes Arizona Senate, advances to House

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February 15, 2017December 4, 2018 Conner Mitchell

New Voices legislation in Arizona is one step closer to becoming law after moving unanimously Monday through the state Senate.

Tagged Arizona, legislation, new voices, recent-news

North Dakota introduces bill to exempt university leadership applicants from open records law

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January 30, 2017December 4, 2018 Jessica Kelham-Hohler

A new House bill could make the applications for top positions in North Dakota’s state universities exempt from the open records law.

Tagged legislation, North Dakota, open records, recent-news, sack-secrecy

Update: New Voices meets voices of opposition in Vermont

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January 30, 2017December 4, 2018 Molly Cooke

Representatives of school administrators are seeking to soften proposed legal protections for students journalists in a bill making its way through the Vermont Senate.

Tagged legislation, new voices, recent-news, student free expression, student press rights, Vermont

North Dakota’s pioneer New Voices Law looks for an upgrade

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January 25, 2017December 4, 2018 James Hoyt

North Dakota’s John Wall New Voices Act, the 2015 law that blazed the trail for today’s New Voices bills, is in line for an upgrade.

Tagged legislation, new voices, North Dakota, recent-news

A pair of California bills tackle media literacy education

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January 19, 2017November 12, 2018 James Hoyt

Battling hoaxes and partisan news, legislators in California are the latest to propose curriculum changes in order to educate students about the media they consume daily.

Tagged blog, Blogroll, California, fake-news, legislation, media-literacy-education, recent-news

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