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NY A08064
Bill
Status
4/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Donna Lupardo
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AI Summary
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Grants public high school student journalists the right to exercise free speech and press in school-sponsored media, including determining news, opinion, and feature content, regardless of school funding or class affiliation
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Prohibits prior restraint of student publications except for specific exempted categories of expression
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Exempts from protection expression that is libelous, slanderous, obscene, profane, an invasion of privacy, violates law, or incites imminent unlawful acts or substantial disruption of school operations
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Protects student media advisors and employees from dismissal, suspension, or retaliation for either defending student speech rights or prohibiting publication in good faith compliance with the law
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Shields educational institutions, advisors, employees, parents, and administrators from civil or criminal liability for student expression, except in cases of willful or wanton misconduct, and clarifies student speech does not represent school policy or endorsement
Legislative Description
Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.
Last Action
referred to education
1/7/2026