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Utah's rules for student expression in school-sponsored media, such as newspapers, broadcasts, and other publications produced under a school adviser, would change to give student journalists control over the news, opinion, feature, and advertising content they create, protecting that control except in specific cases involving libel, invasion of privacy, obscenity, illegal content, or expression likely to cause a clear and present danger of unlawful acts, policy violations, or serious disruption to school operations. Schools would be barred from blocking student content in advance unless one of those exceptions applies, would have to justify any restriction they impose, and must give students a timely appeal process; students could not be disciplined for exercising these rights, and advisers who support students' protected work could not be fired, reassigned, or otherwise retaliated against for doing so. School district governing boards would be required to adopt written policies reflecting these standards, covering reasonable time, place, and manner rules and an appeals process, and to share those policies with students and parents. Schools and school officials would generally be shielded from civil or criminal liability for student-produced content unless they altered or interfered with it, while students and advisers could go to court to enforce these rights and could recover attorney fees if they win.