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  • Urge Arnold VETO AB606, which would make every CA school a trans-bi-homosexual school..or else!

    03/03/2006 7:00:03 PM PST · by churchillbuff · 45 replies · 2,509+ views
    save california.com ^ | march 3 06 | save california.com
    AB606 would give inappropriate, draconian power to the California Superintendent of Public Instruction to unilaterally withhold state funds from school districts that don’t promote transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality according to his arbitrary “standards.” Because two-thirds of a school districts’ funds come from the state, AB 606 would interrupt and destroy the academic learning of millions of California schoolchildren. AB 606 attacks local control by removing the time-honored authority of school boards to select appropriate curriculum related to sexual matters. For example, all schools would be required to define “gender” as “a person's gender identity and gender related appearance and behavior...
  • 5 teachers balk at posters for gay students-Signs mandated in San Leandro to ensure safety on

    01/25/2006 7:38:15 AM PST · by SmithL · 68 replies · 1,653+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/25/6 | Simone Sebastian
    Five teachers at San Leandro High School have refused to comply with a school district order to display a rainbow-flag poster in their classrooms that reads, "This is a safe place to be who you are," because they say homosexuality violates their religious beliefs, ...The high school's Gay-Straight Alliance designed the poster, which includes pink triangles and other symbols of gay pride. In December the school board approved a policy requiring all district teachers to hang the posters in their classrooms. District officials said the poster is an effort to comply with state laws requiring schools to ensure students' safety...
  • Male Student Wins Fight to Wear Skirt (ACLU)

    01/25/2006 8:13:00 AM PST · by Jay777 · 47 replies · 1,108+ views
    Newsday ^ | January 25, 2006 | Unknown
    HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- A male high school student can wear a skirt to school after the American Civil Liberties Union reached an agreement with school officials. The ACLU announced the deal Tuesday. It will allow a Hasbrouck Heights School senior to wear a skirt to protest the school's no-shorts policy. The district's dress code bans shorts between Oct. 1 and April 15, but allows skirts, a policy 17-year-old Michael Coviello believes is discriminatory. "I'm happy to be able to wear skirts again to bring attention to the fact that the ban on shorts doesn't make sense," Coviello said in...