26RS SB 63

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Last Action	01/12/26: to Committee on Committees (S)
Title	AN ACT relating to student journalist freedom.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	1615
Sponsors	G. Neal, R. Thomas
Summary of Original Version	Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to state legislative findings; define terms; establish additional free speech protections for student journalists; place limitations on additional protections; establish protections for student media advisors; require each local school board 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; allow for a student journalist or student media advisor to seek injunctive relief; provide that the Act may be cited as the New Voices Act.
Index Headings of Original Version	Civil Rights - Student journalists and student media advisors, protections Education, Elementary And Secondary - Local school board, student journalism protection, adoption of policies Education, Elementary And Secondary - Student journalists and student media advisors, protections Publications - Student journalists, public high schools, protections Short Titles And Popular Names - New Voices Act Teachers - Student media advisors, protections Media - Student journalists and student media advisors, protections