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School board members spar over new partisan-declaration law as state cell-phone ban looms
Summary
At the April 14 Greater Clark County School Board meeting, trustees debated a recent state law that will require candidates to declare partisan affiliation and discussed implementing a forthcoming state ban on visible student cell-phone use next year.
At its April 14 meeting, the Greater Clark County School Board of Trustees discussed a recently passed state law requiring school board candidates to declare a partisan affiliation and outlined plans to implement a state cell-phone ban in district schools next year.
A board member who attended a regional legislative briefing described the change as requiring candidates this November to “declare our political support” — choosing Republican, Democrat, independent or nonpartisan — and warned that, under the new process, a vacancy could be filled by the party chair. “If one of us on this board had to…
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