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Lakewood board vows to protect students amid new state and federal measures
Summary
Board President Katzenberger read a district statement saying Lakewood City Schools will work with counsel to interpret newly enacted state bills and federal orders that could affect transgender students, U.S. history instruction, DEI programs and use of federal education funding.
President Katzenberger read a statement at the start of the Feb. 3 Lakewood Board of Education meeting saying the district will monitor recently enacted Ohio laws and federal executive actions and will work with legal counsel to determine what schools must do.
The statement said the Ohio Legislature and Gov. Mike DeWine “have passed a number of bills that have the potential to affect our students' well‑being” and listed categories of concern, including measures that “seek to affect our transgender students, possibly remove some…
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