{"id":11230,"date":"2021-10-12T12:02:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/?p=11230"},"modified":"2025-02-14T15:39:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:39:22","slug":"freedom-of-speech-at-school-4-steps-to-creating-a-policy-that-safeguards-students-and-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/freedom-of-speech-at-school-4-steps-to-creating-a-policy-that-safeguards-students-and-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of speech at school: 4 steps to creating a policy that safeguards students and faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/business.libertymutual.com\/insights\/freedom-of-speech-at-school-4-steps-to-creating-a-policy-that-safeguards-students-and-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/business.libertymutual.com\/insights\/freedom-of-speech-at-school-4-steps-to-creating-a-policy-that-safeguards-students-and-faculty\/\">Liberty Mutual<\/a> | Freedom of Speech | <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freedom of speech at school: 4 steps to creating a policy that safeguards students and faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In June 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in&nbsp;<em>Mahoney Area School District v. B.L.&nbsp;<\/em>that a female student could not be suspended from her cheerleading squad for criticizing her school on social media. As Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/20pdf\/20-255_g3bi.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">his majority opinion<\/a>: \u201cWhile public schools may have a special interest in regulating some off-campus student speech\u2026the school itself has an interest in protecting the student\u2019s unpopular expression\u2026 because America\u2019s public schools are the nurseries of democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/business.libertymutual.com\/insights\/freedom-of-speech-at-school-4-steps-to-creating-a-policy-that-safeguards-students-and-faculty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for the rest of the story<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have you seen the other Shield blogs? <\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/how-life-insurance-can-support-long-term-care-planning-without-replacing-it\/\">How Life Insurance Can Support Long-Term Care Planning Without Replacing It<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/what-happens-if-your-vehicle-is-totaled-understanding-the-auto-insurance-claims-process\/\">What Happens If Your Vehicle Is Totaled, Understanding the Auto Insurance Claims Process<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/why-now-is-a-smart-time-for-michigan-businesses-to-review-liability-coverage-before-spring-foot-traffic-increases\/\">Why Now Is a Smart Time for Michigan Businesses to Review Liability Coverage Before Spring Foot Traffic Increases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/snowstorms-and-roof-damage-is-your-michigan-home-covered\/\">Snowstorms and Roof Damage: Is Your Michigan Home Covered?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/do-you-need-recreational-insurance-for-your-snowmobile-in-michigan\/\">Do You Need Recreational Insurance for Your Snowmobile in Michigan?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 steps to creating a policy that safeguards students and faculty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[1772,1775,1774,1773],"class_list":["post-11230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insurance","category-shield-blog","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-student-code-of-conduct","tag-students-right-to-free-speech","tag-supreme-court"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11230"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13498,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11230\/revisions\/13498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shieldagency.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}