20-25-518. Discrimination against student organizations prohibited.
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20-25-518 . Discrimination against student organizations prohibited.
(1)A public postsecondary institution may not deny a religious, political, or ideological student organization a benefit or privilege available to other student organizations or otherwise discriminate against a student organization based on the student organization's expressive activity, including any requirement of the student organization that a leader or member:
(a)affirm and adhere to the student organization's sincerely held beliefs;
(b)comply with the student organization's standards of conduct; or
(c)further the student organization's mission or purpose, as defined by the student organization.
(2)As used in 20-25-519 and this section, the following definitions apply:
(a)"Benefit or privilege" means any type of advantage, including but not limited to:
(i)recognition;
(ii)registration;
(iii)the use of facilities of the public postsecondary institution for meetings or speaking purposes;
(iv)the use of channels of communication; and
(v)funding sources that are otherwise available to other student organizations at the public postsecondary institution.
(b)"Public postsecondary institution" means:
(i)a unit of the Montana university system as defined in 20-25-201 ; or
(ii)a Montana community college, defined and organized as provided in 20-15-101 .
(c)"Student organization" means an officially recognized group or a group seeking official recognition at a public postsecondary institution that is composed of students who receive or are seeking to receive a benefit through the public postsecondary institution.