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• SD gov signs into law that teachers can be armed
• South Dakota allows armed teachers, Georgia advances gun-carry rights
• SD gov signs bill allowing teachers to be armed
• Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final House OK
• Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final approval
• South Dakota Is First State to Legalize Teachers with Guns Post-Newtown
• Fierce School Voucher Battle Leaves Alabama School System in Limbo
• Arizona House passes anti-federal education bill
• Pacts for profs, teachers before right-to-work law
• Kan. House panel approves big anti-abortion bill

SD gov signs into law that teachers can be armed Posted: 08 Mar 2013 02:42 PM PST PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law Friday a measure allowing the state's school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns, the first of its kind since the Connecticut school shooting.

South Dakota allows armed teachers, Georgia advances gun-carry rights Posted: 08 Mar 2013 02:01 PM PST (Reuters) - South Dakota school districts could arm teachers under a bill introduced after the Connecticut school shooting rampage and signed into law on Friday, a day after Georgia lawmakers advanced legislation to end a ban on firearms in bars, churches and college classrooms. The "school sentinels" law signed by South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, a Republican, allows the state's 152 school districts to decide whether they want to arm teachers, other employees, hired security guards or volunteers. ...

SD gov signs bill allowing teachers to be armed Posted: 08 Mar 2013 01:51 PM PST PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed a bill Friday allowing the state's school districts to arm teachers and other personnel with guns.

Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final House OK Posted: 08 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PST DENVER (AP) — The cheers of immigrant students echoed through the Colorado Capitol on Friday after the House passed a bill allowing students who entered the U.S. illegally to pay lower college tuition, a measure that will soon become law.

Colo. immigrant tuition rate gets final approval Posted: 08 Mar 2013 11:01 AM PST The Colorado House passed a proposal Friday allowing students who entered the U.S. illegally to pay lower college tuition, sending the bill to Gov. John Hickenlooper, who is expected to sign it.Three Republicans ...

South Dakota Is First State to Legalize Teachers with Guns Post-Newtown Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:44 AM PST South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed the first post-Newtown law to allow teachers to carry guns in school. Politicians in several states have introduced such laws since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school, but The New York Times' John Eligon reports that South Dakota is the first state to pass such a measure.

Fierce School Voucher Battle Leaves Alabama School System in Limbo Posted: 08 Mar 2013 09:35 AM PST Alabama has become ground zero in a heated political battle over failing schools.

Arizona House passes anti-federal education bill Posted: 08 Mar 2013 08:57 AM PST Dozens of public schools would be able to throw out federal education policy regulating academic standards, teacher evaluation requirements and student tracking systems under a measure approved by the ...

Pacts for profs, teachers before right-to-work law Posted: 08 Mar 2013 07:31 AM PST Wayne State University professors in Detroit and teachers in a suburban school district separately agreed to eight-year contracts, weeks before Michigan's new right-to-work law takes effect.The law bans ...

Kan. House panel approves big anti-abortion bill Posted: 08 Mar 2013 04:45 AM PST A Kansas House committee on Thursday approved sweeping anti-abortion legislation that would prohibit public schools using sex-education instruction from Planned Parenthood and would block tax breaks for ...

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