Legislators in at least five states have indicated they will sponsor bills in sessions this year that will counteract the U.S. Supreme Court's 1988 decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which cut back on the First Amendment protections given high school journalists.
Tag: Winter 1998-99
Iowa school must pay fees for restricting distribution
Iowa State University was forced to pay The Ames Daily Tribune $86,769 by a federal court to help bear the burden of legal expenses associated with a lawsuit against the school.
School board restores journalism class
In a unanimous decision, the Brocton School Board decided to restore the journalism class as part of the English curriculum at Brocton High School.
Outcry concerning controversial cartoon temporarily haltspaper's production
A cartoon depicting allegations of school misconduct contributed to a halt of the presses at Neumann College in Aston.
"Disrespect" charges dropped
Charges brought against a high school student newspaper adviser accused of being disrespectful by school administrators because she supported student press freedom were dropped in mid-November.
Court says students can refuse to pay for 'political' expression
A federal appellate court has ruled that students have the right to refuse to fund "political or ideological" student groups whose views are at odds with their own.
Who will teach the "teachers?"
Emboldened, perhaps, by their seeming omnipotence, some school officials in the post-Hazelwood era have trained their sights on new ground.
Yearbook memorial approved after controversy
When Meadville Area High School student Brooke Kneeland died of leukemia last May, friends wanted to pay tribute to her by placing an ad with her picture and two poems in the school's yearbook.
Explicit rap song finally leads to FCC fine
A New York university was issued a $4,200 fine by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for playing a sexually explicit rap song over the airwaves of its student-run radio station.
Corrections
A story on page 8 of the Spring 1998 issue of the SPLC Reportnrelated the story of Midwestern State University newspaper editornJason Lawrence, who was verbally threatened by an athlete at thenschool after the newspaper published a cartoon critical of thenteam's performance.