Oregon lets schools ban guns on campus, but few districts have made that choice
SALEM — Oregon lawmakers last year gave every public school district in Oregon the option to ban guns from their premises.
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SALEM — Oregon lawmakers last year gave every public school district in Oregon the option to ban guns from their premises.
Eight months after lawmakers granted schools the ability to issue blanket gun prohibitions, only about 13% of public school districts have put the policy change into place. More are in the process.
The election has drawn a slate of candidates opposed to 'comprehensive sexuality education.' In October 2019, the Hillsboro school board in Washington County unanimously adopted a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum. While the vote had no dissenters, the topic was anything but uncontroversial. The curriculum was approved at the conclusion of a more-than-three-hour meeting that drew hundreds of attendees. Some who addressed the board during the meeting expressed strong support for the curriculum. Others implored the school board not to support it, citing "explicit" and "inappropriat...