And the same goes for codes of conduct. I believe firmly that unless narrowly tailored any state institution that has a 24/7 code of conduct for what is required of a student or otherwise similarly proscribes large categories of speech for their potential to cause offense, particularly outside the schoolhouse gates is probably violating the 1st Amendment rights of students, which while diminished compared to adults still exist. This is of course more questionable these days with all cyberspeech but nonetheless it seems to me that one should be very wary of some of these new bullying laws passed as a reaction by some states to the very real problem of cyber-bullying and suicide. It does not do to expel or suspend a student who makes a mildly offensive joke on Twitter which is seen by someone who takes serious offense and complains to the school, that is not the road we want to go down.
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