Illinois Legislature votes to undo Hosty decision
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Student Press Law Center reports that a bill protecting college journalists from censorship has been sent to the governor with a veto-proof majority.
The Illinois House voted 112-2 to approve S.B. 729, which will designate all public college and university publications as public forums of student expression,, after amending it al protect administrators from liability for student-produced publications and to allow for the punishment of unprotected speech.
The law undoes the effects of Hosty v. Carter, the 20045 decision where the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that college administrators could exercise prior review on cstudent publications.