This is a genuine question - if the problem were that left wing speakers (let's say for the sake of a tangible example, a pro-Trans Rights speaker) was being peacefully but verbally shut down by right leaning students, do you think the school board would have an obligation to act to protect that person's ability to be heard on campus?
Yes they would be obligated to do so, but not by putting forward a zero-tolerance policy that doesn't take into account what they did, what the speaker was saying, their past academic history, etc. The universities already had amble power to punish people for disrupting events at the discretion of each university's administration, this only puts a burdensome minimum sentence with no logical reason except to chill protests in a time of great political division.
Also that kind of thing does happen. At my alma mater, in Wisconsin but not in the UW system, a tiny minority of students put together a stupid campaign to "protect free speech", which mostly consisted of them showing documentaries mocking PC culture, laughing at them, drinking in public spaces, and then not allowing discussion. At one of those events a student disrupted it, calling them out for their bs, and well, nothing happened, because the university recognized that she had a right to speak and that she left soon after speaking her mind, not escalating the situation to a point where it was dangerous, properly understanding the nuances of the situation. The club was later denied recognition as an official campus club, because they didn't fulfill basic requirements of every club, and in protest their members, along with several of the organizers who brought Milo to UW Milwaukee, made a scene of calling students and faculty members slurs and claiming that the club was only denied because they were white. Of course it was also at the same time that the campus was being peppered with racist graffiti, vandallism, and threats posted on campus message boards. The university dealt with the racist students through the normal disciplinary channels without having to deal with an unnecessary minimum sentence that would have limited their ability to effectively and relatively peacefully resolve the situation.
This kind of rule ties the hands of admins and will only make it more difficult for college campuses in Wisconsin to remain open to productive civil discussion.
