The Cornhusker State is the latest to join the growing wave of states with student press freedom legislation in the works.
Inspired by North Dakota’s success in passing an anti-censorship bill in April, campaigns have begun sprouting up across the country. Nebraska’s version of a ‘New Voices’ bill was introduced by Sen. Al Davis, a Republican, on Monday. The bill would guarantee student journalists at public universities and community colleges the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press in school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the publication receives financial support from the school or is produced as part of a class.
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