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Dr. Joni White with some of her FFA students in the greenhouse at Urbana High School in Urbana, Illinois on Wednesday, May 27, 2015. From left: Noah Dowling, Abram Washington, Austin Carter, Anthony Tuel, Dr. Joni White, Richardo Vargas and Carson Bryant.

Agriculture community raises concerns on proposed state budget

Post author:Eleanor Black / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 28, 2015
Post category:Agriculture

The state budget for agricultural education is once again coming under the scythe. In June 2010, the Illinois State Board of Education adopted a budget that zeroed out the $3 million funding under Gov. Pat Quinn, but by August, Quinn announced he restored it to $1.9 million.

Read more about the article Champaign County Farm Bureau aims to educate, advocate

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Jacob Meisner, a member of the Illinois Collegiate Farm Bureau, on the dairy farm he works at near his home in Paris, IL on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

Champaign County Farm Bureau aims to educate, advocate

Post author:Eleanor Black / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:May 20, 2015
Post category:Agriculture

With less than 2 percent of Champaign’s population involved in production agriculture, the Champaign County Farm Bureau has made it part of its mission to educate the community about the work being done by Champaign’s agriculture industry.

Read more about the article New law allows Illinois schools access to students’ social media passwords

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Champaign Unit 4 school district attorney Tom Hockman with a screen of some of the district's digital media policies in his office in Champaign on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

New law allows Illinois schools access to students’ social media passwords

Post author:Megan Vasiliadis / For CU-CitizenAccess
Post published:April 22, 2015
Post category:Education

Teenage cyberbullies across Illinois might want to think twice before posting anything mean or reckless on social media ever again. Illinois public school administrators now have the authority to demand a student’s social media account password if the school suspects the student of violating a disciplinary rule or policy, thanks to a new law implemented earlier this year.