Friday, August 26, 2011

Oct. 14 court hearing scheduled on Missouri Facebook Law

Sen. Jane Cunningham's Facebook Law will not go into effect Sunday as scheduled, but the wrangling over the anti-teacher legislation will continue.

Online Cole County Circuit Court records indicate an Oct. 14 hearing has been scheduled to discuss the scheduling of MSTA's lawsuit against the social networking provisions of SB 54.

Before that hearing, the Missouri Legislature, at the direction of Gov. Jay Nixon, will once again tackle the bill.

In the meantime, the preliminary injunction granted today will last until Feb. 20, 2012, or until the matter is settled in court.

Any teacher who violates the Facebook portion of the bill "will not be subject to any discipline or other adverse consequence if this order should be dissolved or overturned, for any violation of 162.069.4 RSMo which may occur from August 28,2011, through the termination of this order."

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