TAMIU Student Handbook 2019-2020

Page 76 of 86 Appendix D: Expressive Activity on Campus (08.99.99.L1) First Approved: May 14, 2020 Next Scheduled Review: May 14, 2025 Rule Statement and Reason for Rule In 2019, the 86 th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 18, addressing the protection of campus expressive activities . This new law adds Texas Education Code, Section 51.935, which requires that each public institution of higher education “adopt a policy detailing student’s rights and responsibilities regarding expressive activities” on its campus. As stated in the Preamble to the Bill, “freedom of expression is of critical importance and requires each public institution of higher education to ensure free, robust, and uninhibited debate and deliberations by students enrolled at the institution, regardless of whether the students are on or off campus. It is a matter of statewide concern that all public institutions of higher education officially recognize freedom of speech as a fundamental right.” Freedom of speech and assembly is central to the mission of institutions of higher education, and persons (students, student organizations, employees, and third-parties) should be permitted to assemble peaceably on the campuses of institutions of higher education for expressive activities, including listening to or observing the expressive activities of others. The purpose of this Rule is to establish guidelines and responsibilities for exercising the right to expressive activity on the Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) campus. Procedures and Responsibilities 1. EXPRESSIVE ACTIVITY RIGHTS 1.1 Any person is allowed, subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions as determined by TAMIU, to engage in expressive activities on the TAMIU campus, including responding to the expressive activities of others. In general, TAMIU defines reasonable time as normal operating business hours as published on the TAMIUwebsite and reasonable place as common outdoor

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