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2014 SESSION
HB 493 Student religious viewpoint expression; limited public forums, school division policy.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Limited public forums for student religious viewpoint expression; school division policy. Requires each school division to adopt a policy to permit a student speaker to express a religious viewpoint at all school events at which a student is permitted to publicly speak. The policy shall declare each such school event to be a limited public forum, provide a neutral method for the selection of student speakers, and require each school principal to provide a disclaimer in advance of each such school event that the school division does not endorse any religious viewpoint that may be expressed by student speakers.
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HISTORY
- 01/06/14 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100071D
- 01/06/14 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/10/14 House: Assigned Education sub: Elementary and Secondary Education
- 01/22/14 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 2-N)
- 01/22/14 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/27/14 House: Reported from Education (17-Y 5-N)
- 01/27/14 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/28/14 House: Assigned Courts sub: Constitutional Law
- 02/12/14 House: Left in Courts of Justice