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Senate Passes Education Censorship Bill, ACLU Comments

House Bill 1012 creates more questions than answers and leaves South Dakota educators and administrators with the burden of navigating exactly what it means to comply with this law. It opens the door for a wide range of interpretations that could be used to chill free speech and academic freedom.

March 7, 2022 Free Speech