AN ACT CONCERNING FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OF THE PRESS FOR STUDENTS.

HB 5313 protects students' rights to free speech, assembly, and press in public schools, colleges, and universities across the state. It ensures students cannot be penalized for expressing religious or political views - unless the speech is obscene (for minors), libelous, slanderous, or creates a clear and present danger of unlawful acts or school disruption. The bill amends statutes 10 and 10a to establish these protections, explicitly limiting exceptions to the specified categories. This directly affects all students in public educational institutions by clarifying their rights to express viewpoints without discrimination based on content. The law focuses on concrete policy changes, not outcomes or political advocacy.