J-I update: spanking and legal ads
Two bills of interest were in House Judiciary I this morning:
- * H 422, Parental Involvement in School Discipline, would allow parents to keep schools from administering corporal punishment in districts where spanking students is still allowed. Yes, there are districts in Guilford County that allow teachers/administrators to spank their students.
Rep. John Blust, a Greensboro Republican, spoke in favor of the bill: "I think we ought to go the other way and make discipline stricter in the schools."
It passed on a 9-6 show of hands vote. It next heads to the House floor.
- * H 193, Electronic Notice of Public Hearings, would allow some towns and cities to make notice of public hearings over the web rather than in newspapers.
Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam pulled the bill from consideration when it became evident he would lose the vote. I talked to Stam afterward and he intends to bring it back if he can.
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Rep. John Blust, a Greensboro Republican, spoke in favor of the bill: "I think we ought to go the other way and make discipline stricter in the schools."
Heck! What's next for Rep Blust? Waterboarding the little rascals until they fess up where the Pot is hidden? Nothing like a typical Republican Law and Order freak bringing Chaos to the Classroom.
Posted on April 22, 2009 1:17 PM