This October 30th, CNN STUDENT NEWS would like to remind you that Fridays are awesome!
I`m Carl Azuz and we are starting today with a headline from China.
Yesterday, its communist government announced it was ending its controversial one-child policy that was implemented 35 years ago. Before
then, China`s population was booming. So, the government tried to limit most Chinese couples to one child.
There were some exemptions made in rural communities and for China`s rich who could afford to pay an expensive fine for the extra children they had.
But the Chinese government forced tens of millions of others to end their pregnancies. Some were forced to use birth control or get sterilized. The
government says this did decrease the speed of China`s population growth, but some experts say that growth would have slowed down naturally without
the policy.
Another effect, the government estimates that in 15 years, China can have the highest elderly population on earth, with 400 million people over age
60. That could strain health care services and hinder economic growth if there aren`t enough young workers. The government hopes to prevent this
and trigger and baby boom by allowing couples to have two children.
But population experts say the decision may be too little too late.
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REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: The House is broken. We`re not solving problems. We`re adding to them. And I am not interested in
laying blame. We are not settling scores, we are wiping the slate clean.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
AZUZ: That was the new U.S. speaker of the House, Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin.
You might remember, he was Mitt Romney`s vice presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. Ryan was elected to the speakership
yesterday. He got the votes of 236 members of the House of Representatives.
Currently, there are 247 Republicans and 188 Democrats in the chamber. The majority party chooses the speaker. The position is second in line to the
presidency behind the vice president.
Speaker Ryan replaces John Boehner, who announced his resignation last month.
In his farewell address, Speaker Boehner said he left with regrets or burdens, just a regular guy humbled by the chance to do a big job.
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AZUZ: For our last "Roll Call" of October, we`re taking you from northeastern Louisiana to southwestern Cameroon.
Bogalusa, Louisiana, leads things off. It`s where we found Ben`s Ford Christian School, the home of the Eagles.
Next to Idaho. From the city of Kamiah, please welcome the Kubs with a K. Kamiah High School is on the roll.
And from the capital of the African nation of Cameroon, hello t our viewers at the American School of Yoaunde. It`s great to have you watching from
Yoaunde.
A school resource officer in South Carolina was fired earlier this week and one thing that the FBI is looking into is whether he used excessive when
arresting a 16-year-old student, something that the officer`s lawyer denies. But the incident has fueled a national debate over discipline in
American schools.
And what we`re doing today is taking a look at what the law says about what can be done concerning school discipline.
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DANNY CEVALLOS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: If a student does something wrong, how far can schools discipline that student under the law?
SUBTITLE: Punishing crimes in class.
CEVALLOS: The answer to that question has changed a lot in just the last few decades. It used to be police officers really weren`t in schools 30
years ago. But that all changed in the 1990s.
In 1994, Congress passed the Gun-Free Schools Act. The act required states receiving federal funding to pass some very specific laws about student
discipline. These laws led to a massive increase in police presence at our schools.
The school resource officer or SRO is a deputed police officer who`s stationed right there on campus. As a result, schools now have police
forces stationed on campus, and not surprisingly conduct that used to be jut on campus disciplined became a criminal case.
There`s arguably some good justification for increased police presence in schools. There had been tragic school shootings over the last couple of
decades, and there are real concerns about increased security on campus.
So, when it comes to schools disciplining students, the legal authority has expanded dramatically. If a student misbehaves, brings a weapon to school,
or otherwise breaks the law, school resource officers can and will arrest the student. It`s what we deputized them to do and it is within the law.
This October 30th, CNN STUDENT NEWS would like to remind you that Fridays are awesome! I`m Carl Azuz and we are starting today with a headline from China. Yesterday, its communist government announced it was ending its controversial one-child policy that was implemented 35 years ago. Before then, China`s population was booming. So, the government tried to limit most Chinese couples to one child. There were some exemptions made in rural communities and for China`s rich who could afford to pay an expensive fine for the extra children they had.But the Chinese government forced tens of millions of others to end their pregnancies. Some were forced to use birth control or get sterilized. The government says this did decrease the speed of China`s population growth, but some experts say that growth would have slowed down naturally without the policy.Another effect, the government estimates that in 15 years, China can have the highest elderly population on earth, with 400 million people over age 60. That could strain health care services and hinder economic growth if there aren`t enough young workers. The government hopes to prevent this and trigger and baby boom by allowing couples to have two children. But population experts say the decision may be too little too late.(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)REP. PAUL RYAN (R-WI), SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE: The House is broken. We`re not solving problems. We`re adding to them. And I am not interested in laying blame. We are not settling scores, we are wiping the slate clean.(END VIDEO CLIP)AZUZ: That was the new U.S. speaker of the House, Representative Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin.You might remember, he was Mitt Romney`s vice presidential running mate in the 2012 presidential election. Ryan was elected to the speakership yesterday. He got the votes of 236 members of the House of Representatives. Currently, there are 247 Republicans and 188 Democrats in the chamber. The majority party chooses the speaker. The position is second in line to the presidency behind the vice president. Speaker Ryan replaces John Boehner, who announced his resignation last month.In his farewell address, Speaker Boehner said he left with regrets or burdens, just a regular guy humbled by the chance to do a big job.(MUSIC)AZUZ: For our last "Roll Call" of October, we`re taking you from northeastern Louisiana to southwestern Cameroon. Bogalusa, Louisiana, leads things off. It`s where we found Ben`s Ford Christian School, the home of the Eagles. Next to Idaho. From the city of Kamiah, please welcome the Kubs with a K. Kamiah High School is on the roll.And from the capital of the African nation of Cameroon, hello t our viewers at the American School of Yoaunde. It`s great to have you watching from Yoaunde.A school resource officer in South Carolina was fired earlier this week and one thing that the FBI is looking into is whether he used excessive when arresting a 16-year-old student, something that the officer`s lawyer denies. But the incident has fueled a national debate over discipline in American schools.And what we`re doing today is taking a look at what the law says about what can be done concerning school discipline.(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)DANNY CEVALLOS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: If a student does something wrong, how far can schools discipline that student under the law?SUBTITLE: Punishing crimes in class.CEVALLOS: The answer to that question has changed a lot in just the last few decades. It used to be police officers really weren`t in schools 30 years ago. But that all changed in the 1990s. In 1994, Congress passed the Gun-Free Schools Act. The act required states receiving federal funding to pass some very specific laws about student discipline. These laws led to a massive increase in police presence at our schools.The school resource officer or SRO is a deputed police officer who`s stationed right there on campus. As a result, schools now have police forces stationed on campus, and not surprisingly conduct that used to be jut on campus disciplined became a criminal case.There`s arguably some good justification for increased police presence in schools. There had been tragic school shootings over the last couple of decades, and there are real concerns about increased security on campus.So, when it comes to schools disciplining students, the legal authority has expanded dramatically. If a student misbehaves, brings a weapon to school, or otherwise breaks the law, school resource officers can and will arrest the student. It`s what we deputized them to do and it is within the law.
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