Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05313 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5313
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1010 Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. MASTROFRANCESCO, 80th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE
1919 PRESS FOR STUDENTS.
2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2121 Assembly convened:
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2323 That titles 10 and 10a of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
2424 students attending public schools, colleges and universities in this state 2
2525 with the right to exercise freedom of speech, of assembly and that such 3
2626 exercise or the expression of a student's religious or political viewpoints 4
2727 shall be free from discrimination or penalty based on the religious or 5
2828 political content of such expression, provided such expression is not 6
2929 obscene as to minors, is libelous or slanderous or incites students as to 7
3030 create a clear and present danger of the commission of unlawful acts, 8
3131 the violation of school regulations or the material and substantial 9
3232 disruption of the orderly operation of the school. 10
3333 Statement of Purpose:
3434 To protect student expression and student publications except when
3535 such expression or publications are obscene, libelous, slanderous or
3636 disrupt school activities.