| Last Action | 02/26/24: to Education (S) | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to student journalist freedom. | 
| Bill Documents | Introduced | 
| Bill Request Number | 1648 | 
| Sponsor | G. Neal | 
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; establish definitions; provide additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; provide protection for student media advisors; require each district to adopt a written policy for time, place, and manner restrictions and for an appeals procedure; provide that student speech not be considered school speech; provide that a student journalist or student media advisor may seek injunctive relief; provide that the Act may be cited as the New Voices Act. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | 
                            Education, Elementary and Secondary - Local school board, student journalism protection, adoption of policies  Education, Elementary and Secondary - Student journalists and student media advisors, protections News Media - Student journalists, public high schools, protections Publications - Student journalists, public high schools, protections Teachers - Student media advisors, protections Civil Rights - Student journalists and student media advisors, protections Short Titles and Popular Names - New Voices Act  | 
            
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