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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.

At least 3 school board incumbents lose to well-funded newcomers in Portland suburbs Updated 10:22 PM; Today 9:14 PM Newcomers outspent incumbents heavily in this year's school board elections. In Washington County alone, challengers raised nearly three times as much as sitting board members.Oregonian file photo by Brooke Herbert, 2020 Facebook Share Incumbents faced challenges from newcomers with expansive war chests in school board races across the metro area Tuesday and partial returns show at least three sitting board members lost to well-funded opponents as of 9 p.m. Campaign finance r...

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...