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California Lawmaker Melendez Takes Aim at ‘Cancel Culture’ As the national conversation about “cancel culture” continues to heat up, one Southern California lawmaker is tackling the issue through policy. State Sen. Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) said her constituents have told her they experience “cancel culture” shaming for their political affiliations. They worry they’ll be discriminated against in various ways for their affiliations. In response, Melendez recently introduce...

Transition body approves Bangsamoro Civil Service Code enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 24) - A measure paving the way for former Moro rebels to gain employment in the autonomous region cleared the Bangsamoro Transition Authority. The body unanimously approved on Wednesday Cabinet Bill 59 or the Bangsamoro Civil Service Code of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. The authority said in a statement, the Civil Service Code is a priority le...

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Reply Feb. 18, 2021 The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education approved the provisional appointment of Keith Coleman to fill a vacancy on the board, at the January 14, 2021, board meeting. Subscribe Coleman is the current co-chair of the districts intercultural equity and excellence district advisory committee and parent in SMMUSD. He brings expertise in strategy, public affairs, government relations, economic development and other areas of expertise to the school boar...

Font Size: Republican California State Sen. Melissa Melendez introduced a bill package Tuesday that would make political affiliation a protected class under California’s anti-discrimination laws. Melendez said that the bills are aimed at fighting “cancel culture” and “a climate of intolerance.” “It is unfathomable to me that corporations and members of the public would ruin a person’s career, business and family because of their political ideology,” Melendez said in a press rele...

Sen. Melendez proposes legislation to enhance free speech protections Sen. Melissa Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, introduced legislation today proposing a series of protections to ensure California residents are not ostracized or otherwise treated unfairly because of their political beliefs. "It is unfathomable to me that corporations and members of the public would ruin a persons career, business and family because of their political ideology," Melendez said. "A free society shouldnt allow though...

I had an interesting conversation recently with my daughter (who is a high school fine arts teacher) about how her school was managing student discipline in a distance learning environment. As a former high school administrator, I couldn’t help but wonder what schools have been doing over the past y

Concord Superintendent 'Outraged' By Accusations Against Teacher - Concord, NH - Update: Kathleen Murphy says high school teacher Joshua Harwood has been fired; accused him of inappropriate behavior during school hours.

NJ Supreme Court: Jersey City teachers can be paid by BOE to do full-time union work By John Heinis/Hudson County View “We do not share the Appellate Division’s view that the Board’s agreement to the disputed provisions exceeded its statutory grant of authority. In the Education Code, the Legislature empowered boards of education to make rules governing the compensation of teachers …  and to fix ‘the payment of salary in cases of absence not constituting sick leave,” today’s unan...

New Jersey's top court reverses an appellate ruling to say 'release time' arrangements are permitted for New Jersey public sector contracts.