A policy under consideration by the Seattle School Board would give principals the authority for prior review of high school newspapers and allow a stop to publication if they detected libel, obscenity and violations of the school’s educational mission.
Critics argue that the principal would gain censorship powers and take responsibility for content out of students’ hands with the result that legal liability would rest solely on the administration. -db
From the Seattle Times, November 7, 2011, by Brian M. Rosenthal.