105 ILCS 80/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act. (Source: P.A. 99-678, eff. 7-29-16.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 ILCS 80 — Speech Rights of Student Journalists Act.
Illinois · statute · 105 ILCS 80 · 6 active provisions
Provisions
105 ILCS 80/5
Definitions
Definitions. As used in this Act: "School official" means a school's principal or his or her designee. "School-sponsored media" means any material that is prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public school, distributed or generally made available to members of the studen…
105 ILCS 80/10
Free speech
Free speech. Except as otherwise provided in Section 15 of this Act, a student journalist has the right to exercise freedom of speech and of the press in school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the media is supported financially by the school district or by use of school facilities or produced in conjunction with…
105 ILCS 80/15
Exceptions
Exceptions. This Act does not authorize or protect expression by a student journalist that: (1) is libelous, slanderous, or obscene; (2) constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy; (3) violates federal or State law; or (4) incites students to commit an unlawful act, to violate policies of the school district, or to…
105 ILCS 80/20
Liability
Liability. No expression made by students in the exercise of freedom of speech or freedom of the press shall be deemed to be an expression of school policy, and no school district or employee or parent, legal guardian, or official of the school district shall be held liable in any civil or criminal action for any expre…
105 ILCS 80/99
Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 99-678, eff. 7-29-16.)