By Kyeland Jackson–
Reginald Meeks, a Kentucky state representative of Louisville, has filed a bill to protect student free speech. The bill would limit universities’ ability to restrict student free speech, which Meeks said has been recently threatened nationally.
“Freedom of speech is a core value in Kentucky,” Meeks said. “The bill is an attempt to protect student free speech, and free speech of faculty members.”
House Bill 145 follows the media firestorm at University of Missouri last fall. Students at Mizzou had reported racial profiling and hate crimes but received no substantial action from the university.