Indiana Free Speech Survey
- April 5, 2021. "Indiana colleges would be surveyed on free speech issues under proposal," Arika Herron , Indianapolis Star:
“Protecting free speech is an important duty and it has to happen,” said Rep. Chuck Goodrich, R-Noblesville, who said he has a daughter at one of Indiana’s public institutions. “It’s one sided right now.”
- "Indiana Legislature calls for universities to reduce the cost of college by 10%, among other things," Margaret Menge, The Center Square, April 19, 2021.
- May 5, 2021. [https://www.thecentersquare.com/indiana/holcomb-signs-bill-to-survey-college-students-on-free-speech/article_87e3178e-adcc-11eb-a1a6-b3dc92827989.html "Holcomb signs bill to survey college students on free speech," Margaret Menge,The Center Square.:
The language on free speech was originally in Senate Bill 414, but was taken out in late April and included in a House bill on various education matters, H.B. 1549, which the governor signed into law April 29.
The bill was authored by Rep. Bob Behning, R-Indianapolis, the chairman of the House Education Committee, with Sen. Jeff Raatz, R-Richmond, the chairman of the Senate Education Committee, listed as a sponsor.
It directs the Indiana Commission for Higher Education to prepare three reports and submit them to the legislature by Nov. 1.
The “free speech on college campus report” is to include “a detailed description of each state educational institution’s efforts to recognize and protect the freedom of speech and association rights guaranteed to the members of its campus community under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.”
