At a time when San Bernardino County has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the state, several area school districts are not offering enough lessons in sexual health education in the classroom, according to a report released Wednesday.
Sexual Health Education in Public Schools, a Guide for Parents, issued by Planned Parenthood of Orange [...]
A same-sex marriage ban prevents governments and universities in Michigan from providing health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The 5-2 decision affects up to 20 universities, community colleges, school districts and governments in Michigan with policies covering at least 375 gay couples.
Gay rights advocates said the ruling was [...]
Teachers would get another $2,500 raise next school year, and school districts would enjoy another 3 percent per-student funding hike under a wish list the public schools’ budget committee forwarded Tuesday night.
The Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee addressed the pay question as members took final votes [...]
Senate leaders said Wednesday no further action will be taken against Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, since he has already apologized for a statement made during a floor debate a day earlier that he said could have been taken as racist.
But Jeanetta Williams, president of [...]
PROVO Not only was Francisco Ortiz supposed to come home from work Thursday night, he was supposed to bring his paycheck as well.
But he never made it. He was arrested Thursday morning by federal immigration agents who conducted a raid at the Universal Industrial [...]
The Upper Bucks Vo-Tech is piloting a new program to offer EMT certification to students who wouldn’t normally attend the school.
The semester-long course will likely start next month and is open to students from the Palisades, Pennridge and Quakertown school districts, targeting seniors who aren’t already studying at the school, which is in Bedminster.
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