Thursday, January 14, 2010

Student Press Law Center - News Flashes


Student Press Law Center - News Flashes:

"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 ...'"