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Section 3345.0212 | Noncommercial expressive activities on campus.

Ohio Revised Code
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Title 33 Education-Libraries
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Chapter 3345 State Universities - General Powers
 
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Effective:
March 24, 2021
Legislation:
Senate Bill 40 - 133rd General Assembly
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(A) Except as permitted by this section and sections 3345.0213 and 3345.12 of the Revised Code, no state institution of higher education, or any of its administrators acting in their official capacity, shall prohibit any individual from engaging in noncommercial expressive activity on campus, so long as the individual's conduct is lawful and does not materially and substantially disrupt the functioning of the institution.

(B) No state institution of higher education shall charge security fees to a student or a student group based on the content of their expression, the content of the expression of their invited guest, or the anticipated reaction to an invited guest's expression.

(C) Each state institution of higher education shall do all of the following:

(1) Adopt a policy on harassment that is consistent with and adheres strictly to its definition in section 3345.0211 of the Revised Code;

(2) Make public in its handbook, on its web site, and in its orientation programs for students the policies, regulations, and expectations of students regarding free expression on campus;

(3) Develop and distribute materials, programs, and procedures to individuals responsible for the education or discipline of students, such as administrators, campus police officers, residence life officials, and professors, to inform them of the policies, regulations, and duties of the institution regarding free expression on campus.

(D)(1) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as preventing state institutions of higher education from restricting expressive activities that the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or Article I, Sections 3 and 11 of the Ohio Constitution does not protect.

(2) Nothing in this section shall enable individuals to engage in conduct that intentionally, materially, and substantially disrupts another individual's expressive activity if it occurs in a campus space reserved for exclusive use or control of a particular individual or group.

Last updated April 27, 2022 at 12:34 PM

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