STATE HOUSE — Charter schools and public school districts were separately hailed Tuesday as the best method of educating disadvantaged or struggling students as lawmakers listened to testimony calling for either an increase or halt in charter school growth.
Gov. Charlie Baker was among the hundreds who packed an Education Committee hearing to speak or show support, testifying on a bill he filed (H 3804) that would allow the addition of up to 12 new charter schools or expansions annually above existing caps, focusing on low-performing districts. The cap proposal, Baker said, is intended to increase the educational opportunities available to all students.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man said the bishop of a local Catholic diocese forced his removal from the top job at a diocese-owned assisted living home because he's gay and married to his partner of 30 years.
John Murphy filed a discrimination claim against the Catholic Diocese of Richmond with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last month. He said he served as executive director of the Saint Francis Home in Richmond for about a week before two deputies of Bishop Francis Xavier DiLorenzo told him that he was being fired because his marriage goes against church doctrine.
