This document records testimony from a hearing before the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development of the Committee on Education and the Workforce on protecting free speech on college campuses. Opening statements were provided by: (1) Honorable Burgess Owens, Chairman, Subcommittee on Higher Education and the Workforce…

This hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions explores free speech on college campuses. Following an opening statement by Honorable Lamar Alexander (Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions), the following senators provide statements: (1) Honorable Patty Murray, U.S. Senator from the State of…

Structures a workable accommodation between the First Amendment and property rights in "original works of authorship" granted by the federal copyright law. Available from California Law Review, Inc., School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; sc $4.00. (Author/IRT)

Reviews "Bethel School District vs. Fraser," a case in which a student was suspended for presenting an "indecent" speech to his school's student body. Lower courts found the student's First Amendment rights violated, but the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear the case suggests these rights may be reexamined. (PGD)

Describes two cases involving principals' First Amendment rights to freedom of expression, followed by questions and answers related thereto. (PKP)

Analyzes free-speech challenge to school district's guidelines for acceptable expressions on ceramic tiles painted by Columbine High School students to express their feelings about the massacre. Tenth Circuit found that tile painting constituted school-sponsored speech and thus district had the constitutional authority under "Hazelwood School…

Provides a rationale for private sector free speech. Reviews federal cases dealing with free speech in private organizations and assesses the chances of future free speech expansion via state action. Concludes that legislation and not the Constitution is the most viable means of obtaining free speech in the private organization. (PD)

It is unlikely that the courts will deny universities the right to require mandatory student fees for educational purposes if the criteria for determining and distributing the funds do not exceed statutory purposes, are not arbitrary or capricious, are nondiscriminatory, and do not promote or impose one particular viewpoint. (Author/IRT)

Explores tests for determining teachers' free-speech rights established in two Supreme Court decisions: "Pickering" and "Connick." Analysis includes discussion of confusion between teacher's status as a citizen and that of an employee. Concludes that courts should use the balancing principle in "Pickering" to…

Analyzes New Jersey case wherein a federal district-court judge ruled that religious group had the First Amendment free-speech right to distribute flyers and permission slips to students, post notices on school walls, and participate in back-to-school night in effort to establish a student religious club in two elementary schools. (PKP)

This paper discusses how contemporary community standards influence court decisions regarding First Amendment rights of free speech. It briefly reviews controls of free speech, the problem of language use, free speech as it affects orderly conduct, and disciplinary procedures. (Author/LD)

Reviews the implications of the Supreme Court decision in "Bethel School District No. 403 v. Fraser." Schools must still comply with First Amendment and may not restrict student speech without valid reason. The maintenance of school order and the protection of rights of others are valid reasons. Speech is not immunized by the…

Reviews key Supreme Court decisions on free speech rights of public employees. Advises school administrators to be vigilant in discipline or dismissal cases where freedom of speech is an issue. (MD)

Reports on an interview with John Tinker of the "Tinker" case, which set the precedent for freedom of speech for students. (IRT)

Courts have tended to strictly follow the guidelines set forth in "Pickering" for harmonizing an educator's freedom of expression with a school's interest in efficiency. (Author)