"CALIFORNIA -- The high school that inspired a new Senate bill ensuring student free press rights for charter schools is now facing a stricter publication policy, leaving student journalists in a 'legal limbo,' the paper's adviser said.
SB 438, which if enacted will prevent attempted censorship by charter school administrators, passed the Senate's judiciary committee in a unanimous 5-0 vote today, according to the Orange County Register.
The bill, introduced by State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), amends California Education Code Section 48907 -- the state's student free expression code -- to read 'pupils of the public schools, including charter schools, shall have the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press ...'"
SB 438, which if enacted will prevent attempted censorship by charter school administrators, passed the Senate's judiciary committee in a unanimous 5-0 vote today, according to the Orange County Register.
The bill, introduced by State Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), amends California Education Code Section 48907 -- the state's student free expression code -- to read 'pupils of the public schools, including charter schools, shall have the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press ...'"