JUVENILE JUSTICE
MASSACHUSETTS — Brodeur and Clark join fight for ‘juvenile justice’ at State House.
Kenyon Juvenile Justice Center can head off problems for those who might not keep a court date, an action that can result in serious consequences, activists say.
YOUTH RIGHTS
Adding teeth to truancy laws: Bill awaiting governor’s OK increases penalties.
Boy Scouts of America proposes to lift gay ban for youth members.
EDUCATION
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is signing into law a sweeping education bill that rolls back graduation standards adopted just three years ago.
MINNESOTA — Ahead of a funding debate this week in the Legislature, Gov. Mark Dayton told a rally Sunday at St Paul’s Central High School that teachers in Minnesota are being put in impossible situations, with too many students and under-equipped classrooms.
