Post by libby on Feb 1, 2016 23:10:30 GMT -6
JEFFERSON CITY • Republican Rep. Elijah Haahr of Springfield told a House committee Monday that a bill he's sponsored would right two wrongs in modern Missouri history. The bill would prohibit the outright censorship of student-run publications by administrators.
The first wrong Haahr mentioned was out of Hazelwood East High School in the 1980s. In Hazelwood, students wanted to publish stories on divorce and teenage pregnancy. But the principal resisted. The pages were eliminated.
The students sued the school, saying their First Amendment rights had been violated. The case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which sided with the administration, saying that the publication was school-sponsored and that the school had a legitimate interest in holding articles that it deemed inappropriate.
The case has been referenced by school administrators ever since as a reason to stop publication of certain articles.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-bill-would-bar-censorship-of-student-journalists-photographer-in/article_fdb588c2-7ce7-52ba-95cc-af02359a0e9e.html
The first wrong Haahr mentioned was out of Hazelwood East High School in the 1980s. In Hazelwood, students wanted to publish stories on divorce and teenage pregnancy. But the principal resisted. The pages were eliminated.
The students sued the school, saying their First Amendment rights had been violated. The case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which sided with the administration, saying that the publication was school-sponsored and that the school had a legitimate interest in holding articles that it deemed inappropriate.
The case has been referenced by school administrators ever since as a reason to stop publication of certain articles.
Read more: www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/new-bill-would-bar-censorship-of-student-journalists-photographer-in/article_fdb588c2-7ce7-52ba-95cc-af02359a0e9e.html