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A Nebraska State Bord of Education member proposed changes to a long-standing rule that would ban pornographic and sexually explicit materials from school libraires.
California has just given approval for signature-gathering for a proposed state ballot measure to create education savings accounts, with $17,000 a year per student usable at any accredited private school in the country. Opponents say the move would hurt public schools. Kevin McNamee, a community college professor spearheading the proposal, countered low-income families should have choices not limited to their local public school. .
A top legislative priority for Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott did not get across the finish line last Friday, despite a fourth special session called this year to address it. A school voucher bill supported by the governor would have allowed some parents to use tax dollars to send their children to private and religious schools. .
During a public hearing on improving school funding, the Pennsylvania Basic Education Funding Commission heard from people who stressed the need to set fair and adequate funding targets for every school in the state. Aaron Chapin, president of the Pennsylvania State Education Association and a 4th and 5th grade teacher at Stroudsburg Area Middle School, testified at the most recent hearing. He said it is important for the new plan to be transparent and sustainable, and fix the funding inequities across the state. .