Bill > HB1503

This bill amends North Dakota's law on free speech policies at institutions under the control of the state board of higher education. The key provisions include: (1) requiring the state board and each institution to adopt a policy that protects students' free speech rights while allowing reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions; (2) prohibiting adverse employment actions against faculty for classroom speech unless it is not reasonably germane to the subject matter; (3) establishing requirements for the regulation of student-on-student discriminatory harassment, including limiting sanctions to only speech that is severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive; and (4) specifying principles of free speech, such as maintaining outdoor areas as public forums, not restricting free speech to designated zones, and not discriminating against student organizations based on their viewpoints or requiring their members to hold certain beliefs.

Education, Justice

https://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/67-2021/bill-actions/ba1503.html