Sen. Perry Clark on Student Free Speech I Legislative Update I KET

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Channel: KET - Kentucky Educational Television · 2015 · News & Politics

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Kentucky Senate Bill 71 affirms the expression of a student’s religious or political viewpoints in classroom, homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments to be free from discrimination or penalty based on those opinions. A teacher could review a student’s speech before it’s delivered at a school event, but could not alter those remarks. Sen. Perry Clark (D-Louisville) said the measure creates more confusion than clarity about student free speech rights.

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