Relating to speech protections for student media publications in public schools.

HB 4821 protects student journalists in Texas public schools by ensuring students cannot be disciplined for producing school media publications containing "protected speech" (such as non-obscene, non-defamatory, non-disruptive content). It defines "student media publications" as student-created materials distributed schoolwide (excluding classroom-only work) and clarifies that such content does not represent school policy. The bill prohibits school districts from disciplining students or advisors for protected speech, and shields advisors from retaliation for upholding these rights. It explicitly excludes speech that is obscene, defamatory, invasive of privacy, illegal, or likely to cause immediate disruption.