DENVER—The board of Denver Public Schools is scheduled Thursday to listen to recommendations on whether health clinics in the city’s high schools should dispense birth control.
Contraceptives have been banned in Denver schools for 22 years, but if board members do away with the ban, contraceptives could be made available to students without parental consent.
Board member Michelle Moss says the birth control issue is one of several being addressed as the board looks for ways to improve service at school clinics.
The clinics are run by Denver Health Medical Center.
Moss says board members will only listen to a presentation, and that no final decision on contraceptives is expected at Thursday’s meeting.
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Information from: Lance Hernandez/KMGH-TV,
