Bill seeks teacher power to suspend students up to forty five days
State Senator Timothy Ferguson proposes a bill granting teachers authority to suspend students up to 45 days with early reentry upon apology. Principals could overrule within 10 days, while current law limits suspensions to five days and are issued by superintendents. Ferguson argues it would boost discipline and respect, sparking debate between teachers and administrators in the 1996 session.
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Timothy Ferguson
Frederick Carroll
Frederick County
Teachers’ Association
Ferguson
General Assembly
County May Switch to Injected Polio Vaccine
The Frederick County Health Department plans to switch from oral to injectable polio vaccine if the CDC accepts an advisory panel's recommendation. The switch would target eliminating eight to 10 annual US polio cases from the oral vaccine. Immunizations director Gloria Shaulis said local departments would adopt once CDC publishes the formal guidance and schedule.
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Frederick County
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
United States
Gloria Shaulis
County Health Department
Ms Shaulis
Ms. Shaulis
Kay Golan
Atlanta
Congress nears OK of GOP budget
In Washington the House and Senate edge toward votes on sweeping GOP budget plans aimed at balancing the federal budget by 2002. Leaders Gingrich and Dole secure deals with wavering members on Medicaid and agriculture as they push measures that would cut programs and privatize assets while approving large tax cuts. The White House threatens a veto as lawmakers race to passage.
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Washington
House
Senate
Newt Gingrich
House Budget Committee
John Kasich
Ohio
City faces delays on minority business contracts plan
Frederick residents accuse the city of slow progress in drafting a plan to award contracts to minority firms. At City Hall, publisher George Dredden and attorney Willie Mahone pressed Mayor Grimes and the Board of Aldermen, noting July commitments to deliver a proposal within 30 days have not been met, blamed on missing staff, and seeking a funded office or full-time manager.
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Frederick
City Hall
George E. Dredden
Willie Mahone
Jim Grimes
Board of Aldermen
William 0. Lee Jr
John Kendall
Kendall
Grimes
N. Lynn (Tillery
John
Dredden
Beard
Malfunctioning signal may have kept bus on tracks
Investigators work around the clock to confirm if a faulty traffic light caused a school bus to linger on railroad tracks as a commuter train struck it at up to 60 mph in Fox River Grove Illinois. The crash killed five students and injured about 30 others with eleven still hospitalized. Sensors should switch the crossing light to green as a train nears to warn vehicles.
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Fox River Grove
Ill
Cary Grove High Geneaee Til
Sheriff Office Moves to New Frederick Headquarters
The Frederick County Sheriff's Office relocates to a larger Grove Road facility with improved restrooms and hallways free of clutter. The patrol division moved in Monday, with unpacking ongoing. the sheriff and administrative bureau are set to move in early December.
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Skip Lawrence
Frederick County
Sheriff's Office
Brian Williar
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