{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-60-1101","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 6-60-1101","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Protected activity\" means an expression of free speech or freedom of the press as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Arkansas Constitution, Article 2, § 6; (2) (A) \"School-sponsored media\" means any material that is: (i) Prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher education; (ii) Distributed or generally made available to members of a student body at a public institution of higher education; and (iii) Prepared under the direction of a student media adviser. (B) \"School-sponsored media\" does not include any media that are prepared as communications on behalf of a public institution of higher education intended for distribution or transmission; (3) \"Student journalist\" means a student at a public institution of higher education who engages in journalistic activities as part of a formal program of instruction and training at a public institution of higher education, or as part of a recognized student organization at a public institution of higher education, by gathering, compiling, writing, editing, photographing, or preparing information for dissemination through school-sponsored media; and (4) \"Student media adviser\" means an individual who is employed, appointed, or designated by a public institution of higher education to supervise or provide instruction to a student journalist with respect to school-sponsored media. Added by Act 2019, No. 395,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Protected activity\" means an expression of free speech or freedom of the press as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Arkansas Constitution, Article 2, § 6;\n\n(2) (A) \"School-sponsored media\" means any material that is: (i) Prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher education; (ii) Distributed or generally made available to members of a student body at a public institution of higher education; and (iii) Prepared under the direction of a student media adviser. (B) \"School-sponsored media\" does not include any media that are prepared as communications on behalf of a public institution of higher education intended for distribution or transmission;\n\n(A) \"School-sponsored media\" means any material that is: (i) Prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher education; (ii) Distributed or generally made available to members of a student body at a public institution of higher education; and (iii) Prepared under the direction of a student media adviser.\n\n(i) Prepared, substantially written, published, or broadcast by a student journalist at a public institution of higher education;\n\n(ii) Distributed or generally made available to members of a student body at a public institution of higher education; and\n\n(iii) Prepared under the direction of a student media adviser.\n\n(B) \"School-sponsored media\" does not include any media that are prepared as communications on behalf of a public institution of higher education intended for distribution or transmission;\n\n(3) \"Student journalist\" means a student at a public institution of higher education who engages in journalistic activities as part of a formal program of instruction and training at a public institution of higher education, or as part of a recognized student organization at a public institution of higher education, by gathering, compiling, writing, editing, photographing, or preparing information for dissemination through school-sponsored media; and\n\n(4) \"Student media adviser\" means an individual who is employed, appointed, or designated by a public institution of higher education to supervise or provide instruction to a student journalist with respect to school-sponsored media.","path":["AR Code","Title 6","Chapter 60","Subchapter 11"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"087e2d49f6cc381d528615425361efb8af5d335257598423e59ef98d5f16a83b","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-60-1010","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-6-60-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}