                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED SPEECH; POLICIES, MATERIALS, AND REPORTS; REPORT (§
23.1-401.1)

A. Except as otherwise permitted by the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution, no public institution of higher education shall abridge the
constitutional freedom of any individual, including enrolled students, faculty
and other employees, and invited guests, to speak on campus.

B. Each public institution of higher education shall establish and include in
its student handbook, on its website, and in its student orientation programs
policies regarding speech that is constitutionally protected under the First
Amendment to the United States Constitution and the process to report incidents
of disruption of such constitutionally protected speech.

C. Each public institution of higher education shall develop materials on the
policies established pursuant to subsection B and notify any employee who is
responsible for the discipline or education of enrolled students of such
materials.

D. Each public institution of higher education shall develop, post on its
website in a searchable, publicly accessible, and conspicuous manner, and submit
to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the
Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1 of each year a
report on the institution&#8217;s compliance with the provisions of this section
that includes:

   1. A copy of the institution&#8217;s policies as described in subsection B and
   materials on such policies as described in subsection C;

   2. Certification that the institution has complied with subsection C; and

   3. A copy of any complaint filed in a court of law since December 1 of the
   preceding year to initiate a lawsuit against the institution or an employee of
   the institution in his official capacity for an alleged violation of the First
   Amendment to the United States Constitution.

E. Each public institution of higher education shall submit to the Governor and
the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on
Education and Health a copy of any complaint filed in a court of law to initiate
a lawsuit against the institution or an employee of the institution in his
official capacity for an alleged violation of the First Amendment to the United
States Constitution no later than 30 days after such complaint is served.

HISTORY: 2018, c. 751.