City approves BASAC request to send letter of support to province
North Battleford city council gave the go-ahead for the city to send a letter to the province showing support for The Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre (BASAC), to allow the organization to visit schools to educate children on health and safety matters.
BASAC Executive Director Amber Stewart provided council with a letter asking for the support of the Mayor and Council for BASAC to continue its work, and for them to send a letter on behalf of the City of North Battleford to the Ministry of Education “encouraging them to allow sexual assault centres to resume their prevention education in schools.”
In August the Ministry of Education announced a new Parental Inclusion and Consent Policy for Saskatchewan Schools. School boards were called to “immediately pause involvement with any third party organization, and stated that only teachers, not outside third parties, will be able to present sexual health education materials in the classroom.”
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