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3 | 3 | LCO No. 2990 1 of 1 | |
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5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6885 | |
6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
7 | 7 | LCO No. 2990 | |
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10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND | |
11 | 11 | EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT | |
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14 | 14 | Introduced by: | |
15 | 15 | REP. RYAN, 139th Dist. | |
16 | 16 | (By Request) | |
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21 | 21 | AN ACT CONCERNING ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND | |
22 | 22 | WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION AT PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF | |
23 | 23 | HIGHER EDUCATION. | |
24 | 24 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
25 | 25 | Assembly convened: | |
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27 | 27 | That the general statutes be amended to protect faculty at public 1 | |
28 | 28 | institutions of higher education from adverse personnel actions for his 2 | |
29 | 29 | or her speech related to matters including, but not limited to, (1) 3 | |
30 | 30 | scholarship or research, (2) political, social or economic issues, or (3) 4 | |
31 | 31 | criticism of the institution of higher education or disclosure of matters 5 | |
32 | 32 | of public concern at the institution of higher education. 6 | |
33 | 33 | Statement of Purpose: | |
34 | 34 | To protect any faculty member's right to free speech and academic | |
35 | 35 | expression at public institutions of higher education. |