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Book-banning advocates seek elected power as book challenges near fever pitch

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via Billings Gazette (Montana)

Book challenges can come from community members, parents or activists. In western North Carolina, some school boards saw those challenges come from school board candidates and school board members themselves.

School Board – General, Book Bans, Racism, Parent Involvement

The 11 Colorado legislative primaries to watch this election year

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via The Colorado Sun (Colorado)

Voters will select Republican or Democratic candidates in 23 legislative contests on June 25, 2024.

School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Need for court reporters

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via Quad-City Times (Iowa)

Linda Odgen has been a court reporter her entire career.

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Utah joins lawsuit against Biden administration over Title IX rules for transgender students

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via Daily Herald (Utah)

Utah has joined a lawsuit in which four more GOP-led states are suing President Joe Biden's administration over new Title IX rules to protect transgender students in schools. Utah joined Kansas,…

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Eric Trump, Alina Habba to headline Temecula conservative fundraiser

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

Event will raise money for the Inland Empire Family PAC, which helped get five candidates onto southwest Riverside County school boards.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Opinion Columnists The most shameful law Florida passed this year

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Maxwell: The most shameful law Florida passed this year. DeSantis and GOP lawmakers stripped counties of the right to require water and shade for employees who work in extreme heat

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Inland Empire school districts are doing the right thing in upholding parental rights

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

Other school districts across the state need to follow suit before politicians can further harm California families.

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Hawaii bill would protect shelters that house homeless minors

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Hawaii)

A newly passed bill before Gov. Josh Green would protect homeless shelters that take in minors without the consent of their parents or guardians.

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Last-ditch push to ban child marriage in Missouri must overcome resistance in House

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via News Tribune (Missouri)

Lawmakers trying to ban child marriage in Missouri hope a last-minute push in the legislative session's final days can overcome opposition from some Republicans that put the bill's chances in doubt.

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Dover Area SD to discuss gender identity policy at board meeting amid lawsuit

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via CBS 21 News (Pennsylvania)

The Dover Area School District is expected to discuss a proposed policy on name, sex and gender identity during a board meeting Tuesday night.According to the

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Moore Capito Tours State in Final Push Ahead of Today’s Primary

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via The Intelligencer (West Virginia)

CHARLESTON — With a tightening race and with voters hitting the polls this morning, former West Virginia lawmaker Moore Capito wrapped up a whirlwind tour of the state Monday evening in Charleston…

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Last-ditch push to ban child marriage in Missouri must overcome resistance in House • Missouri Independent

Monday, May 13th, 2024

via Missouri Independent (Missouri)

Lawmakers trying to ban child marriage in Missouri hope a last-minute push in the % session's final days can overcome GOP opposition.

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Meet Laura Friedman, the pool-playing assemblywoman who’ll likely succeed Adam Schiff

Monday, May 13th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Facing off against a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic district in November, Friedman is on a glide path to Congress.

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Lawmakers double down on LGBTQ+ policies ahead of next Texas session

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

via KXAN (Texas)

The Texas Legislature saw a sharp divide in 2023 over a record number of bills impacting the LGBTQ+ community, and the fight over several bills that passed has spilled out of the Capitol and into the courtroom.

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Is Washington’s school board association seeing a conservative takeover?

Friday, May 10th, 2024

via The Columbian (Washington)

Members of a nonpartisan state agency made up of local school board officials from across Washington are warning that conservative groups opposed to teaching about race and gender in schools are wield

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Is WA’s school board association seeing a conservative takeover?

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)

Members of a nonpartisan state agency made up of local school board officials from across Washington are warning that conservative groups opposed to teaching about race and gender in schools are…

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Florida schools seek tax increases to boost teacher, staff salaries

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Candidates in Brevard County school board race want to end the ‘politically divisive’ culture

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via WESH (Florida)

From mask mandates to book bans, Brevard County's school board become a political battleground and birthplace of a national movement. Now, there's a move to shed that image.

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Alabama House passes bill ending school permission form for young teens to work

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via al.com (Alabama)

14- and 15-year-olds can work up to three hours a day, for a maximum of 18 hours a week.

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