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20 U.S.C. § 1011a

Protection of student speech and association rights

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20 U.S.C. § 1011a, Protection of student speech and association rights, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/451885
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It is the sense of Congress that— Nothing in this section shall be construed— For the purposes of this section: The term “official sanction”— The term “protected association” means the joining, assembling, and residing with others that is protected under the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution, or would be protected if the institution of higher education involved were subject to those amendments. The term “protected speech” means speech that is protected under the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution, or would be protected if the institution of higher education involved were subject to those amendments.

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The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.