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Updated: 5:19 AM Nov 23, 2011
Alabama County to Drop Single-Sex Classes
The Tallapoosa County School Board has agreed to end single-sex classes in its public schools after the American Civil Liberties Union alleged that the programs were illegal and discriminatory.
Posted: 5:19 AM Nov 23, 2011Reporter: AP |
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TALLAPOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- The Tallapoosa County School Board has agreed to end single-sex classes in its public schools after the American Civil Liberties Union alleged that the programs were illegal and discriminatory.
As a result of a settlement agreement, single-sex classes will cease at the end of this school year. Under the agreement, Councill Middle School, which had maintained single-sex classrooms, will cease segregating students by sex at the end of the 2011-2012 academic year, and no school will institute any sex segregated programs for the next five years.
For the following five years, if Tallapoosa County plans to institute new single-sex programs, it must first notify the ACLU before implementing them.
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