Oregon taxpayers might wonder what goes on in elementary schools based on a bill the legislature has just passed, and what will go on from now on. The bill is SB 553, and it prohibits the expulsion or out-of-school suspension of anyone in fifth grade or younger for any offense short of causing “serious physical harm” […]
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Tags: expulsions and suspensions, Oregon grade schools, SB 553, school discipline, Sen. Gelser
Tags: expulsions and suspensions, Oregon grade schools, SB 553, school discipline, Sen. Gelser
The Idaho stop: Oregon may allow it here
There are good reasons why bicyclists in Albany and elsewhere in Oregon don’t usually come to a complete stop at stop signs when there’s no cross traffic. Now a bill pending in the state Senate would make it legal too.
Tags: Idaho stops, SB 998, Sen. Gelser, Sen. Prozanski