Bill backs campus free speech right
Darryl Adams was an advisor to the school newspaper at South East High School in South Gate when he refused the principal’s request to cancel publication of a student-written editorial criticizing random searches on campus.
He was removed from the post last year after the confrontation, lost his basketball coaching position and was prevented from continuing to announce football games at school.
On Monday, the state Senate approved a measure inspired by Adams’ story that prohibits an employee from being dismissed or otherwise retaliated against for acting to protect a student’s speech in school newspapers.
The bill, SB 1370 by Sen. Leland Yee (D-San Francisco), now goes to the Assembly.
-- Patrick McGreevy
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