Bill > S02297

This bill enacts the "Student Journalist Free Speech Act" to protect student speech in school-sponsored media at public high schools, unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit unlawful acts or substantially disrupt the school's operations. The bill grants student journalists the right to determine the content of school-sponsored media, prohibits prior restraint of such content, and prevents retaliation against student media advisors for acting in good faith to protect student speech. It also clarifies that political expression in school-sponsored media does not constitute the use of public funds for political purposes.