student press

Seattle school administration considers new policy of prior restraint for student free press

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

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Court costs in student press freedom case mount over 13 years of litigation

The College of Staten Island  prolonged litigation over a free press issue and although students only won a $9 judgment, court costs charged to the college could total over $750,000. -db FIRE Commentary October 28, 2010 By Azhar Majeed Over at the Student Press Law Center (SPLC), Adam Goldstein writes about Husain v. Springer, in which students at the College of Staten Island in New York sued the college president after she canceled a student

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West Covina High School drops plan to replace newspaper adviser

After student journalism student protests and a board vote of 3-2 to ask the principal to reconsider his position, the principal reinstated the adviser of the school newspaper, the Newsbytes. Students felt the move to oust the adviser came after Newsbytes published controversial comments by the district superintendent. -db Student Press Law Center September 9, 2010 By Chelsea Keenan SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — The newspaper adviser at West Covina High School will keep his job after

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