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Bill S142-2013 Requires persons in parental relation with a child of elementary school age to attend parent support instruction programs Requires persons in parental relation with a child of elementary school age to attend parent support programs; completion of four workshops one of which shall be related to physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children, shall be a requirement for the child's advancement to seventh grade...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - E-mails sent to teachers and other school district employees as part of the Nov. 8 election campaign don't violate state education law, a district attorney has concluded. The California Teachers Association is asking district attorneys in several California counties to investigate the e-mails, sent by the Yes on 75 campaign earlier this month to more than 90,000 school district employees statewide. Sacramento County District Attorney Jan Scully said the message wasn't a violation of the ban on using publicly funded resources for political purposes, even though it appealed to employees to vote for Proposition 75. That measure...

WASHINGTON - The sweeping No Child Left Behind education law is a centerpiece of President Bush's domestic agenda. But Kansas Rep. Dennis Moore says without money to pay for it, the law itself should be left behind.The point of the No Child Left Behind Act is to improve student and school achievement. The law expands testing, toughens teacher qualifications and checks up annually on student progress.Those things cost money, and governors and congressional Democrats like Moore say the Republican-controlled Congress isn't providing enough to pay for the new requirements."I voted for this bill, so I want it to succeed. I...