Update: These two bills will NOT be considered Thursday. Also, H2, the smoking ban bill, will not be heard as calendared today - it is now on for this coming Wednesday.
-=-=-=-=-
Much buzz surrounding these two bills today. From the Associated Press:
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A Senate panel has quietly approved separate bills telling North Carolina public schools to change how they teach sex education and to adopt detailed anti-bullying policies.The Senate Mental Health and Youth Services Committee recommended the legislation Wednesday to the full Senate.
The sex education bill passed the House just two weeks ago. It would require schools to offer children in grades seven though nine one curriculum focused on abstinence until marriage and another with more about contraception. Parents would choose either one for their child or none at all.
The anti-bullying bill is opposed by conservative Christians who argue it would advance special protections for gay people.
Due to recent automated spamming attacks on our blogs, we are temporarily requiring commenters to authenticate themselves via TypeKey® before posting comments to any News & Record blog in order to prevent denials of service. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.