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SB 1074 Student organizations; religious or political organizations may determine core functions, etc.
Introduced by: Mark D. Obenshain | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Higher education; student organizations. Permits, to the extent allowed by law, religious or political student organizations at public institutions of higher education to determine that only persons committed to the organization's mission may conduct certain activities. The bill also prohibits, to the extent allowed by law, public institutions of higher education from discriminating against a student organization that makes such a determination. This bill is identical to HB 1617.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Higher education; student organizations. Authorizes religious or political student organizations or groups to determine that the core functions of ordering the organization's internal affairs, selecting the organization's leaders and members, defining the organization's doctrines, and resolving the organization's disputes are in furtherance of the organization's religious or political mission and that only persons committed to that mission should conduct those activities. The bill also prohibits public institutions of higher education that have granted recognition of and access to any student organization or group from discriminating against any such student organization or group that limits its core functions to persons committed to its mission.