That's right. Schools have BROAD authority, and hate speech... ESPECIALLY the sort that might lead to BULLYING, surely can be limited.
On 02/02/2017 04:32 PM, jim bell wrote: > I will add: > http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/faq.aspx?id=12993 > > May schools limit the time, place, and manner of student expression? > Yes, as long as the time, place, and manner regulations are reasonable > and nondiscriminatory. > The U.S. Supreme Court has said that "laws regulating the time, place > or manner of speech stand on a different footing than laws prohibiting > speech altogether."^1 > <http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/faq.aspx?id=12993#foot1>First > Amendment jurisprudence provides that time, place, and manner > restrictions on speech are constitutional if (1) they are content > neutral (i.e., they do not treat speech differently based on content); > (2) they are narrowly tailored to serve a governmental interest; and > (3) they leave open ample alternative means of expression. > Courts will generally grant even more deference to time, place, and > manner restrictions in public schools because students do not possess > the same level of rights as adults in a public forum. However, the > time, place, and manner regulations must still be reasonable. This > means that school officials could limit student distribution of > material to certain locations and at certain times, but those > regulations would need to be both reasonable and nondiscriminatory. > Notes > ^1 /Linmark Associates, Inc. v. Township of Willingboro/, 431 U.S. 85 > (1977). > > >