Missouri Student Journalists, Teachers Hope Bill Will Stop Censorship By School Admins
The Missouri Senate is expected to consider a bill to prevent public-university and high school administrators from censoring articles from student journalists.
State senators have failed to call up the Walter Cronkite New Voices Act for a vote every year since 2016. The Missouri House of Representatives endorsed the bill last month for the fourth time. A hearing has yet to be scheduled in the Senate.
The bills sponsor, Rep. Craig Fishel, R-Springfield, said he is knocking on every senators door, hoping it will pass.
I have the support of the leadership, Fishel said. Everybody is probably just tired of seeing it, and we are going to send it on to the governor, I hope.
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