Archive for March 2019
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March 28, 2019
Bill moves ahead to increase Type 1 diabetes awareness
(Calif.) School districts will be required to identify and implement methods for making parents and students more aware of the signs of Type 1 diabetes in children, under a bill approved unanimously on Wednesday by the Senate Education Committee.
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March 27, 2019
Bill calls for domestic violence resources for students
(Calif.) High schools would be required to print the telephone number for a domestic violence hotline on the back of student I.D. cards under a bill being heard Wednesday before the Senate Education Committee.
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March 26, 2019
New money proposed for child health services in needy schools
(Ohio) The highest-needs districts could receive millions in additional funding for mental and physical health services and after-school programs under Gov. Mike DeWine’s first two-year budget proposal.
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March 25, 2019
Students who travel through unsafe areas miss more school
(Md.) Students who must travel though high-crime areas on their commute to school are more likely to be absent from school, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
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March 21, 2019
State auditors officially take up LCFF spending review
(Calif.) Some Democratic lawmakers continue to be skeptical of how school districts are using state money provided under the Local Control Funding Formula, and have now asked that a formal audit be undertaken.
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March 21, 2019
Minnesota braces for voucher fight
(Minn.) Although Republicans in this famously independent state only hold control of the state Senate—and that by a slim majority—GOP leaders say they are ready to fight for a voucher program.
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March 20, 2019
Florida cuts fees on teachers, salaries still near the bottom
(Fla.) On the heels of a new survey placing teacher salaries in Florida near the bottom nationally, the state board of education moved to lower registration and certification fees that could save educators collectively as much as $5 million annually.
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March 20, 2019
Lawmaker tries again to allow medical cannabis at school
(Calif.) A bill seeking to ensure that students who rely on medical cannabis can take it at school under parent supervision has been re-introduced after it moved through the Legislature last year, only to be vetoed by former-Gov. Jerry Brown.
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March 19, 2019
One-in-three students has back pain, could be linked to athletics
(Nev.) Preliminary results from a new study show that about one-third of children and adolescents ages 10 to 18 reported having back pain during the previous year–something researchers linked in part to participation in physically taxing school sports.
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March 18, 2019
Lawmaker calls for required instruction time for juveniles
(Tenn.) Students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers would be required by law to receive at least four hours each instructional day under a bill moving through the Tennessee Legislature.
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