Post by Logan on Apr 19, 2016 3:44:44 GMT -6
Senate approves more hurdles for school sex ed instruction, but House balks
The Alaska Senate has approved a version of House Bill 156 amended to require sex education teachers to garner approval from a local school board before instructing students, but the House rejected those changes early Monday morning.
HB 156, approved by the Senate in a 15-5 vote on Sunday, did not include any sex education items when it was approved in a 22-17 House vote on April 10.
When the Senate delivered the bill to the House, lawmakers rejected it by a single vote, 20-19 with Rep. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, absent. Twenty-one votes were needed to agree with the Senate changes.
“This is a bit of an omnibus bill,” said Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla.
The bill as originally written by Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla, states that Alaska school districts can suspend their standardized testing programs for the next two years.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-04-17/senate-approves-more-hurdles-school-sex-ed-instruction
The Alaska Senate has approved a version of House Bill 156 amended to require sex education teachers to garner approval from a local school board before instructing students, but the House rejected those changes early Monday morning.
HB 156, approved by the Senate in a 15-5 vote on Sunday, did not include any sex education items when it was approved in a 22-17 House vote on April 10.
When the Senate delivered the bill to the House, lawmakers rejected it by a single vote, 20-19 with Rep. Mike Hawker, R-Anchorage, absent. Twenty-one votes were needed to agree with the Senate changes.
“This is a bit of an omnibus bill,” said Sen. Mike Dunleavy, R-Wasilla.
The bill as originally written by Rep. Wes Keller, R-Wasilla, states that Alaska school districts can suspend their standardized testing programs for the next two years.
Read more: juneauempire.com/state/2016-04-17/senate-approves-more-hurdles-school-sex-ed-instruction