Senate Committee Approves Father-Daughter Bill

Submitted by Mastodon on Wed, 2013-04-03 01:21

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'A Senate Committee approved a bill that would allow school districts to have father-daughter dances and other gender-exclusive events, as long as comparable events for the opposite gender is offered.

The bill now heads to the Senate floor.

The bill, 2013-S 0012 – submitted by Cranston Sen. Hannah Gallo – would alter state gender discrimination laws, which Cranston school lawyers have said traditional father-daughter dances violate. A complaint from the mother of a Cranston girl triggered the review, prompting Cranston Supt. Judith Lundsten to cancel the district's dance.'

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