Gretna East High School junior Nicholas Mitchell filed an appeal yesterday with the Gretna Public Schools Board of Education, asking them to reverse the recent censorship of an editorial cartoon and to establish a district policy that lets student editors determine the content of school-sponsored student media without prior review.
Advocate Charlie Yale shares accomplishments and lessons learned during the 2024 legislative season.
Student journalists and other supporters of student press freedom will testify today at a public hearing of the Nebraska legislature’s Judiciary Committee in support of LB 1071, a bill that would ensure student press freedom.
In a letter Wednesday, the Student Press Law Center encouraged Omaha Public Schools to endorse proposed legislation that would protect student press freedom in Nebraska. The OPS board decided it would revisit its original opposition to Legislative Bill 1071 following comments at Monday's school board meeting from several student journalists and a representative from the… Continue reading SPLC urges Omaha Public Schools to support New Voices bill
A Nebraska judge warned school officials that censoring student media based on content they disagree with could violate the First Amendment.