Guarantees critical due process protections to students at public institutions of higher education facing serious non academic disciplinary proceedings.
鶹ýIOS's Model Speech Policies are for faculty, administrators, and others who strive to improve their college’s policies regulating student expression.
Prohibits institutions of higher education nationwide from censoring student-run campus media. Protects student journalists from punishment solely for expressive activities.
Requires public colleges and universities nationwide to protect their students' free speech and freedom of association rights on campus. The bill also requires private institutions that receive federal funding to disclose their free speech and freedom of association policies annually.
As we approach another election season, 鶹ýIOS remains concerned by the continuing trend towards preemptive censorship of political speech on our nation’s college and university campuses.