The law takes effect Oct. 1.

The College Fix reports.

Schools can’t censor student journalists or punish their advisers under new Maryland law

The Free State is now free in practice for student journalists and their advisers.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed a bill into law that provides broad speech protections for high school and college journalists even if their publications are funded by the school or part of a class, the Student Press Law Center reports.

The state is only the third to expressly protect students from prior restraint and their advisers from retaliation by the administration.

It was sponsored by state Sen. Jamie Raskin, a constitutional law professor at American University who topped a crowded Democratic primary this week in his run for a congressional seat.