Westfield State College, located here in Massachusetts, has lifted its unconstitutional speech code thanks to the hard work of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). FIRE designated Westfield State College’s speech code its “February Speech Code of the Month,” which The Observer reported on here.

Peter Bonilla of FIRE congratulated Westfield State College for its actions and commented in this regard:

“FIRE appreciates Westfield State College’s forthrightness in correcting its error. We now will reevaluate WSC’s red-light rating, which signifies that a school has at least one policy that clearly and substantially restricts freedom of speech. If WSC earns a yellow light as a result of its revisions, it will need to make only a few more changes to policies that still threaten speech, in order to attain a green-light rating. WSC would then join a small but noble list of schools that have achieved FIRE’s most favorable policy rating. FIRE would be pleased to keep working with WSC to fully safeguard free speech on campus while protecting students against harassment and discrimination.”