Ohio school board removes discrimination protections for LGBTQ staff and students

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The Bellbrook-Sugarcreek School board approved changes to their board policies Thursday that remove specific language for discrimination protections for LGBTQ staff and students, but vowed to revisit the policy in the future to accommodate stronger anti-bullying measures for those students.

Crowds of people showed up to Bellbrook-Sugarcreek’s five-hour long school board meeting, overwhelmingly opposed to the proposed changes.

Among about 20 proposed policy changes approved in bulk at Thursday’s school board meeting, which ranged from anti-tobacco measures to standards for the district’s armed Active Shooter Response Team, Bellbrook’s discrimination protections that cover students, teachers, and staff, would be modified, public documents show.

Read more from the Dayton Daily News.

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