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The Senate Finance Committee approved SB439 late yesterday evening, just a day after lawmakers introduced the measure. It would officially implement the state’s new pupil-centered funding plan. It’s a mechanism lawmakers created in 2019 to shift K-12 funding from a traditional program and enrollment-based model toward one more focused on individual student needs.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Jhone Ebert hailed the plan as the future of K-12 in Nevada.
“This work is difficult, but it couldn t it be more important than at this moment where we are currently redesigning the future of education,” she said while presenting the measure to lawmakers.
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It’s been nearly 20 years since the state of New Jersey approved a bill mandating that so-called smart guns could be the only type of firearm sold in the state once a smart gun model was made available to the public. The law also directed hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money to researchers to develop “smart gun” technology, but despite (or maybe because of) the push, there are still no smart guns available for sale commercially.
The state hasn’t given up, however. Back in 2019, the legislature modified the law, which now requires gun store owners to carry at least one smart gun model once it’s available for sale, though old-fashioned firearms can still be sold without violating the law. To speed up adoption of the technology, the state created a Personalized Handgun Authorization Commission that’s supposed to approve smart guns for sale in New Jersey, and last month Gov. Phil Murphy announced four appointments to the board, including
SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – California State officials recently rules that San Pasqual Academy could remain open through June 2022. If, San Diego County and San Pasqual Academy agree to no longer refer new foster youth to the academy.
Shane Harris, the Government Affairs Director of San Pasqual Academy, and alumnus of SPA, joined KUSI’s Lauren Phinney on Good Morning San Diego to further explain what this ruling means and how it will impact the students.
Harris provided KUSI News with the following timeline of events regarding San Pasqual Academy:
In February the California Department of Social Services officials informed the county of San Diego that San Pasqual Academy needed to close no later than October 1st, 2021. County officials did not inform students who are currently foster youth on the campus as well as campus officials until February 19th after suspecting that the San Diego Union Tribune would run a story on February 21st. Campus officials did not get the preparation needed
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Four Midwest Dairy groups are offering an alternative proposal to a change to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders. That’s in contrast to one proposed by the National Milk Producers Federation. John Holevoet, Government Affairs Director for the Dairy Business Association says their Class III plus plan ties the Class 1 milk price to the Class 3 milk price.
He says their Class III plus plan calls for a set adjuster and an end to advance pricing.
Minnesota Milk Producers Association Executive Director Lucas Sjostrom says by tying Class 1 to Class 3 price, that’ll also be beneficial for cheese plants.
GSK, SCI enhance access to medical oxygen in Jigawa specialist hospital
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By Sola Ogundipe
Towards improving access to medical oxygen and reducing the number of children dying from pneumonia and other illnesses, GlaxoSmithKline, GSK, and Save the Children, SCI, recently donated crucial medical devices valued at N20 million to Rasheed Shekoni Specialist Hospital, Dutse, Jigawa State.
The gesture, it was gathered, is to accelerate the achievement of the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Pneumonia and Diarrhea and the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs.
According to Mercy Gichuhi, Country Director, SCI Nigeria, the target is to attain less than 3 child pneumonia deaths per 1,000 births and less than 25 child deaths per 1,000 births by 2030.