School-Sponsored Student Media

The amended Policy 101-9: School-Sponsored Student Media (Attachment A) was approved by the Hawaiʻi State Board of Education on May 23, 2024. Per Act 24, Session Laws of Hawaiʻi 2022 (Act 24, SLH 2022; Attachment B), the Department amended its previous policy to meet the requirements of the law, including:

1. Protection for student journalists’ freedom of speech and freedom of the press;

2. Protection for student media advisors from retaliation in the event of their protecting student journalists from censorship;

3. Provision of time, space, and manner for distribution of school-sponsored media;

4. Stipulation of specific instances in which school-sponsored media can be limited; and

5. Stipulation of the timely appeals process that student journalists can exercise in the event that school-sponsored media is limited.

Please reference the June 17, 2024 memo, Subject: Amended Policy 101-9: School-Sponsored Student Media Approved by the Hawaiʻi State Board of Education.