Section 173.1555

Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES

Chapter 173

Effective - 28 Aug 2025, see footnote   

  173.1555.  Definitions — belief-based student associations. — As used in this section and section 173.1556, the following terms mean:

  (1)  "Adverse action", any action or policy that denies a belief-based student association any benefit available to other student associations or organizations or that otherwise discriminates with respect to any such benefit;

  (2)  "Belief-based student association" includes, but is not limited to, any political or ideological student association or any religious student association;

  (3)  "Benefit", recognition, registration, the use of facilities of a public institution of higher learning for meetings or speaking purposes, the use of channels of communication of a public institution of higher learning, or such other assistance, aid, or advantage as is made available to student associations by a public institution of higher learning;

  (4)  "Public institution of higher learning", any state postsecondary educational institution governed or supervised by a board erected under chapter 172, 174, 175, or 178; a board of trustees of a community college; or any state board for any other technical school.

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(L. 2025 S.B. 160)