How Texas students, teachers could be impacted by a school discipline overhaul
About a decade ago, Texas’ public schools suspended more than 100,000 students in pre-K through second grade. Faced with this data, lawmakers in 2017 banned out-of-school suspensions for these ...
Lawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and homeless students
The proposal aims to make working conditions safer for teachers but critics worry it could push the state’s most vulnerable ...
Orlando Weekly4d
Florida lawmakers advance measure clarifying what makes school books 'harmful to minors'
It builds on a 2023 law granting school boards authority to remove books parents challenge as being 'pornographic' ...
Gov. JB Pritzker wants phones out of the classroom. Not everyone agrees.
Gov. JB Pritzker is pushing a measure to take phones out of classrooms, but some argue that they serve a purpose.
Longview News-Journal5d
How Texas students, teachers could be impacted by school discipline overhaul
That motivated school administrators and lawmakers to propose changes to the state’s discipline rules. The most prominent ... more than 100,000 students in pre-K through second grade.
The Texas Tribune4d
Lawmakers want to give schools more leeway to suspend Texas’ youngest and homeless students
The proposal aims to make working conditions safer for teachers but critics worry it could push the state’s most vulnerable students out of the classroom ... for pre-K through second grade ...
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'I thought we were done with the culture wars': Democrats push back on measure clarifying what makes school books 'harmful to minors'
Lawmakers advanced a measure Tuesday that Democrats warned would further restrict the material Florida students may consume.