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Friday, March 4, 2011

Gazette: Montgomery school board opposes state bill on reporting of dating violence incidents



The county school board voted Monday to oppose two bills in the General Assembly related to dating violence, as well as legislation that would require the school system to list budgets for individual schools. 
The school board, however, went against a recommendation of Superintendent of Schools Jerry D. Weast in supporting a bill that would require school boards to encourage the use of open space on school property for gardens. It also supported a bill about sharing bullying information with students and parents...
...They also opposed legislation from Sen. Douglas J.J. Peters (D-Dist. 23) of Bowie that would have required the school system to publish a website listing budget information on a school-by-school basis. The annual budget for the entire school system does not contain individual school data, Weast noted in his memo...

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