Sen. Ronald Young, a Democrat, introduced a bill on Feb. 2 to prohibit school officials from requiring or asking students to give administrators access to their social media accounts.
Md. legislator aims to protect student social media privacy
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Maryland photojournalism student's tripod mistaken for gun, prompting school lockdown
What a child thought was a gun inside a Baltimore-area school turned out to be a piece of photo equipment that a journalism graduate student was using.
Compliance board finds problems with Maryland regents' closed meetings
The University System of Maryland’s Board of Regents needs to be more discerning about when and why they hold private meetings, the state’s Open Meetings Compliance Board said.
Maryland advisers react to school district's proposal to control copyright of student work
A Maryland school board has put on hold the consideration of a policy that would strip students and teachers of the copyright ownership of their own works, a policy journalism advisers in the district said they had concerns over.
Maryland regents acknowledge failure to comply fully with open meetings law
The University System of Maryland admitted last week that it failed to “strictly comply” with the state’s Open Meetings Act when deciding on a switch from the ACC to the Big Ten.
Maryland regents acknowledge violating state's open meetings law by failing to give notice of two meetings
Following complaints about how a vote to join the Big Ten conference violated the state’s open meetings law, the University of Maryland Board of Regents acknowledged it violated parts of the act when they failed to give notice of two meetings.
University of Maryland regents approved move to Big Ten in closed session
University System of Maryland regents voted behind closed doors Monday to approve a move to the Big Ten athletic conference, despite state laws requiring the regents to open their meetings to the public.
TV reporter's complaint leads to confiscation of Md. high school newspapers
Student newspapers were confiscated at Bethesda Chevy-Chase High School onMarch 16 after a television reporter complained that a story and photo of her mightcause her children to be harassed.
Md. bill would shield faculty research, policy records
A bill introduced last week could limit access to university records under theMaryland Public Information Act.
Towson Univ. student paper disappears from racks
Thousandsof copies of the Towerlight, TowsonUniversity’s student newspaper, disappeared from the racks in what the staffbelieves to be a case of newspaper theft.