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7	8		General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5108
8	9		January Session, 2021
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12	13		Referred to Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION AND
13	14		EMPLOYMENT ADVANCEMENT
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16	17		Introduced by:
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21	22		AN ACT REQUIRING PUB LIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
22	23		TO ESTABLISH A POLICY REGARDING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
23	24		ON CAMPUS.
24	25		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
25	26		Assembly convened:
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27	28		Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Not later than January 1, 2022, the 1
28	29		Board of Trustees of The University of Connecticut and the Board of 2
29	30		Regents for Higher Education shall develop and adopt a policy on 3
30	31		freedom of expression at the public institutions of higher education 4
31	32		governed by said boards. Such policy shall include, but not be limited 5
32	33		to, (1) the goal of prioritizing freedom of expression in the fulfillment of 6
33	34		such institution's mission, including, but not limited to, freedom of 7
34	35		expression in research, teaching, discussion and debate, (2) the role of 8
35	36		the institution in protecting freedom of expression on campus, 9
36	37		including when the ideas or opinions expressed are disagreeable or 10
37	38		offensive, (3) reasonable limitations on time, place and manner of 11
38	39		expression, provided such limitations are content-neutral and necessary 12
39	40		to a compelling institutional interest, (4) allowance for protest or 13
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47		-	spontaneous protest or demonstration, provided such protest or 15
48	48		demonstration does not substantially or materially interfere with such 16
49	49		institution's function or in the ability of others to engage in or listen to 17
50	50		an expressive activity, (5) the designation of public areas on campus as 18
51	51		public forums that are open on the same terms to any speaker, and (6) 19
52	52		the availability of resources for protecting the safety and freedom of 20
53	53		expression of any speaker invited on campus by any student, student 21
54	54		group or faculty member, which resources shall be available on the same 22
55	55		terms to any invited speaker. 23
56	56		(b) Not later than February 1, 2022, the Board of Trustees of The 24
57	57		University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents for Higher 25
58	58		Education shall submit, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-26
59	59		4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General 27
60	60		Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education the 28
61	61		policy adopted pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this 29
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63	63		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
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66	66		Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
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68		-	HED Joint Favorable
	68	+	Statement of Purpose:
	69	+	To require public institutions of higher education in the state to adopt a
	70	+	policy on freedom of expression on campus.
	71	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	72	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	73	+	underlined.]
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	75	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. CHEESEMAN, 37th Dist.; REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
	76	+	REP. WILSON, 66th Dist.; REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
	77	+	REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.
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