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On June 2, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill into law that will better protect the rights of student journalists in the state. , sponsored by Senator Nicole Cannizzaro and modeled after the draft legislation, prevents public schools and universities from censoring student media or disciplining student journalists for what they report. The law garnered broad bipartisan support, with the Nevada State Assembly passing the bill 30 to 11 and the Senate passing it unanimously.

Nevada鈥檚 new law provides better protections to student journalists by limiting the authority of administrators to censor or punish student journalists. The U.S. Supreme Court held in Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier (1988) that administrators 鈥 at least in the K-12 setting 鈥 have the authority to censor school-sponsored student publications if administrators have 鈥渓egitimate pedagogical reasons鈥 for doing so. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit extended the Hazelwood ruling to college publications (erroneously, FIREbelieves) in Hosty v. Carter (2005), which affects the states under its jurisdiction. The New Voices Act legislation prevents the spread of the Hosty decision to other states by statutorily protecting student journalists.

Several other states 鈥 such as North Dakota, Maryland, and Vermont 鈥 have recently enacted similar legislation. Nevada鈥檚 law takes effect on October 1, 2017. FIREhopes that more states continue to pass similar laws.

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