New York A 8064: Relates to the enactment of the student journalism education act

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A08064 Summary:

BILL NOA08064A

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SAME ASSAME AS S00068-A

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SPONSORLupardo (MS)

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COSPNSRStirpe, Glick, Rozic, Paulin, Magnarelli, Lavine, Otis, Clark, Rosenthal, Simon, McDonald, Colton,
 Hevesi, Epstein, Forrest, Gonzalez-Rojas, Hunter, Levenberg, Mamdani, Mitaynes, Raga, Reyes,
 Seawright, Septimo, Shimsky, Shrestha, Simone, Steck, Taylor, Lunsford, Angelino, Beephan,
 Brook-Krasny, DeStefano, DiPietro, Durso, Gallahan, Gandolfo, Hawley, Mikulin, Miller, Novakhov,
 Palmesano, Pirozzolo, Ra, Sempolinski, Walsh, McDonough, Blankenbush, McMahon, Norber, Bronson,
 Jensen, Bendett

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MLTSPNSRCook, Giglio, Ramos

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Add Art 18 §§860 - 864, Ed L

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Enacts the student journalist education act to protect student speech at educational institutions unless such speech is libelous, an invasion of privacy, or incites students to commit an unlawful act, violate school policies, or to materially and substantially disrupt the orderly operation of the school.

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BILL NOA08064A

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04/22/2025referred to education

12/12/2025amend and recommit to education

12/12/2025print number 8064a

01/07/2026referred to education

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8064--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 22, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, STIRPE, GLICK, ROZIC, PAULIN, MAGNAREL-
 LI, LAVINE, OTIS, CLARK, ROSENTHAL, SIMON, McDONALD, COLTON, HEVESI,
 FORREST, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, HUNTER, LEVENBERG, MAMDANI, MITAYNES, RAGA,
 REYES, SEAWRIGHT, SEPTIMO, SHIMSKY, SHRESTHA, SIMONE, STECK, TAYLOR,
 LUNSFORD, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, BROOK-KRASNY, DeSTEFANO, DiPIETRO, DURSO,
 GALLAHAN, GANDOLFO, HAWLEY, MIKULIN, MILLER, NOVAKHOV, PALMESANO,
 PIROZZOLO, RA, SEMPOLINSKI, WALSH, McDONOUGH, BLANKENBUSH, McMAHON,
 NORBER, BRONSON, JENSEN, BENDETT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 COOK, GIGLIO, RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
 amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the student
 journalism education act

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new article 18 to
 2 read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 18
 4 STUDENT JOURNALISM EDUCATION ACT
 5 Section 860. Short title.
 6 861. Definitions.
 7 862. Student journalism education principals.
 8 863. Exemptions.
 9 864. Liability.
 10 § 860. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
 11 the "student journalism education act".
 12 § 861. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following
 13 terms shall have the following meanings:
 14 1. "Educational institution" means a public high school.
 15 2. "School-sponsored media" means any material that is prepared, writ-
 16 ten, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at an educational

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00278-04-5

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 1 institution, distributed or generally made available to members of the
 2 student body, and prepared under the direction of a student media advi-
 3 sor. "School-sponsored media" shall not include media intended for
 4 distribution or transmission solely in the classroom in which the media
 5 is produced.
 6 3. "Student journalist" means a student enrolled in an educational
 7 institution who gathers, compiles, writes, edits, photographs, records,
 8 or prepares information for dissemination in school-sponsored media.
 9 4. "Student media advisor" means an individual employed, appointed, or
 10 designated by an educational institution to supervise or provide
 11 instruction relating to school-sponsored media.
 12 § 862. Student journalism education principals. 1. Except as other-
 13 wise provided in section eight hundred sixty-three of this article, a
 14 student journalist shall have the right to exercise free speech and of
 15 the press in school-sponsored media, regardless of whether the media