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The power of school administrators to censor student newspapers would be limited, under a measure approved late last month by the Wisconsin legislature.

The bill would protect student newspapers from censorship except in cases where the material to be published was considered libelous or obscene or was thought to cause disruption in the school. An amendment to the bill would also permit school administrators to censor advertisements they deemed inappropriate.

The measure was a response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, which expanded school administrators' rights to curtail some...