(1) The college upholds and promotes free expression on campus. Except as limited by regulations consistent with the law and this rule:
- (a) faculty, students, and staff have the right to express views and ideas, and are free to criticize, contest, and condemn views expressed on campus; and
- (b) neither the faculty, staff, nor students may obstruct, disrupt, suppress or otherwise interfere with the freedom of others to express views.
- (2) The college's outdoor areas are a public forum.
(3) Subject to Section R765-800-5, the college may not prohibit:
- (a) a member of the college's community or the public from spontaneously and contemporaneously assembling in an outdoor area of the college's campus; or
- (b) a person from freely engaging in noncommercial expressive activity in an outdoor area of the college's campus if the person's conduct is lawful.
KEY: campus speech, free expression
Date of Last Change: February 2, 2026
Notice of Continuation: August 15, 2024
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 53H-7-2; 53H-7-3