This manual informs the high school press--writers, reporters, editors, publishers, and their broadcast counterparts--about First Amendment rights and how to protect them. Separate sections provide general guidelines concerning First Amendment rights; the First Amendment on high school campuses; specific facts about censorship disputes; public institutions versus private institutions; situations in which student expression may validly be curtailed by high school authorities; specific types of publications and First Amendment rights; court-approved standards for the regulation of student expression; what to do when faced with unconstitutional rules or illegal orders; editorial advertising; censorship by student government; special problems associated with broadcasting; and guidelines for student publications. (GW)