Barton County Community College

For three years Jennifer Schartz was a non-tenured, part-time instructor and adviser to the student newspaper. In April 2004, despite recommendations from her supervisors and President Veldon Law, the school's trustees voted against renewing her contract. Schartz filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the college claiming she was dismissed in retaliation for exercising her First Amendment rights as a faculty adviser, for supporting the rights of her students and for refusing to censor the content of the student newspaper. The student newspaper covered an athletic department scandal in which eight people were convicted. Barton County Community College has agreed to award the former journalism instructor a $130,000 settlement. (Aug-11-06) [EDITOR AND PUBLISHER]

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