Frequently asked questions about the federal campus crime reporting law.
Tag: Winter 1999-2000
25 years of defending press freedom
\nA few loyal Report readers may realize that this season\nmarks a significant anniversary for the Student Press Law Center.\nIn the winter of 1974, the SPLC began providing legal assistance\nand information to the student press.
Prosecutor subpoenas videotape of break-in at animal laboratory from newspaper editor
WASHINGTON -- A Superior Court judge ordered the editor\nof Western Washington University's student newspaper to turn over\na videotape of a break-in at the university's animal research\nlaboratory in November.
California court strikes hearing costs for teachers
\nCALIFORNIA -- The California Supreme Court threw out a law\nin May that required teachers challenging a dismissal to pay for\ntheir court hearings should they lose their legal battles.
U.S. Court of Appeals throws out its initial decision in censorship case
OHIO -- A federal appeals court in Cincinnati agreed to reconsider its September decision in the college censorship case Kincaid v.
California governor signs new open-meetings law
CALIFORNIA -- A new bill signed by Gov. Gray Davis in September\ncould allow a student newspaper's open meetings lawsuit against\nthe University of California's Board of Regents to be reheard.\n
The Daily Nexus, the University of California at Santa\nBarbara's student newspaper, sued the board of regents in 1996\nfor violating the Bagley-Keene Act, a state open-meetings law,\nby holding secret meetings.
Two schools to release campus court records
Private or public, federal law now permits colleges to release\ninformation from judicial hearings about students who commit violent\ncrimes or nonforcible sex offenses.
Supreme Court hears arguments in Wisonsin student fees case
\nWASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments\nin November in a case that could dramatically affect the future\nof the public college student media by determining whether students\ncan be forced to fund student activities that advocate political\nor ideological views.
Student wins freedom of information lawsuit
NEW YORK -- A September New York Supreme Court ruling has\naffirmed the applicability of the state's freedom of information\nlaw to the City University of New York.
New security disclosure rules require administrators to report campus crime
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- New regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Education in November will require college and university administrators -- not just campus police or security officers -- to report offenses revealed to them in their institutions' annual campus crime statistics.
The DOE said this new reporting requirement reflects "the reality that on college campuses, officials who are not police officials ... nevertheless are responsible for students' or campus security."
Under the new regulations, campus administrators with "significant responsibility for student and campus activities" will have to publicly report campus crime statistics for incidents known to them.
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