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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6199
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 2690
Referred to Committee on EDUCATION
Introduced by:
REP. DUBITSKY, 47th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE
PRESS FOR STUDENTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That titles 10 and 10a of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
students attending public schools, colleges and universities in this state 2
with the right to exercise freedom of speech and of assembly, and that 3
such exercise or the expression of a student's religious or political 4
viewpoints shall be free from discrimination or penalty based on the 5
religious or political content of such expression, provided such 6
expression is not obscene as to minors, is libelous or slanderous or 7
incites students as to create a clear and present danger of the 8
commission of unlawful acts, the violation of school regulations or the 9
material and substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the 10
school. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To protect student expression and student publications except when
such expression or publications are obscene, libelous, slanderous or
disrupt school activities.