House committee advances measure to establish First Amendment protections for student journalists

2022-03-03T17:14:17-10:00March 3, 2022|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

House Bill 1848, HD1 was unanimously approved by the state House Committee on Judicial and Hawaiian Affairs last week. If it becomes law, student journalists would be allowed to exercise freedom of speech and freedom of the press in school-sponsored media, and advisers would be protected from retaliation for refusing to infringe upon student press freedom.

Star-Advertiser editorial calls on HIDOE to delay bringing students back to school

2020-07-23T02:27:00-10:00July 23, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

"State officials should opt to delay the Aug. 4 start for students by up to a week, while tasking school facilities to hammer out, absorb and train up on more-through plans," the newspaper editorialized Wednesday.

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