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As one of its strategic guiding values, the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) safeguards freedom of inquiry and expression. As such, we protect the freedom of all members of our community to ask questions without fear, seek truth without reservation, express their views with respect, and vigorously debate differences of opinion.

In order to live this value every day, Georgia Tech strives to protect the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, including the right to free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion, and the right to assemble peaceably. We also uphold the tenets of Georgia State law known as the FORUM (Forming Open and Robust University Minds) Act (O.C.G.A. 20-3-48).

Accordingly, Georgia Tech is a forum for the open exchange of ideas, opinions, and perspectives. To that end, the unrestricted outdoor areas of campus are deemed public forums for Georgia Tech’s campus community; designated indoor venues may also be reserved for expressive activities. We acknowledge that the Institute may impose reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on the use of campus facilities to achieve a compelling Institute interest, as well as ensure that assembly, expression, and speech activities (hereafter collectively known as “expressive activities”) do not disrupt the educational and administrative functions of the Institute or interfere with the rights of others.

The procedures in this document – typically referred to as the Institute’s time, place and manner (TPM) procedures – limit or regulate the content of speech as minimally necessary. They were designed to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the campus community; to ensure the excellence, effectiveness, and efficiency of the learning environment and of the workplace; and to further mission-supportive activities and objectives of Georgia Tech. These restrictions will be applied on a content- and viewpoint-neutral basis..

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Provisions for the Campus Community

Planned Expressive Activity. Georgia Tech recommends that community members engaging in planned expressive activity make a reservation prior to use so that Georgia Tech may minimize scheduling conflicts and accommodate all interested users; a reservation also affords that individual and/or organization first rights of access to that space.

Spontaneous Expression. Georgia Tech reserves the right to direct individuals and/or groups to another available area of campus to ensure the safety of campus members, to provide proper crowd control, and/or to limit disruption of the academic and other operations of the Institute. The Institute must not consider or impose restrictions based on the content or viewpoint of the expression when relocating or redirecting any expression.