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...Children in California will no longer be deemed "At-risk" because of a change in the legal and educational codes.
...The phrase "At-risk youth" was used to describe children growing up in adverse conditions that could have made their lives more challenging.
...While programs to benefit "At-risk youth" were popular in California, some found the phrase disparaging.
...Assemblyman Reginald Jones Sawyer, a lawmaker in California, amended state law to swap out the phrase "At-risk youth" for "At-promise youth" because he believed the language used to describe struggling children was unfair.
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