Rural school districts are losing mental health and enrichment programs after the Trump administration cut federal education grants. With limited funding alternatives, many say the losses will have lasting effects on students.
Schools that depend on federal funding are struggling amid the government shutdown, with Arizona’s Chinle Unified suspending programs and weighing payroll loans as Impact Aid payments remain frozen.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to release millions in school mental health grants that had been frozen over diversity concerns. The ruling restores funding in 16 states, allowing schools to retain counselors and other support staff.
City officials said the federal agency led by Education Secretary Linda McMahon cut funding without the required notice or hearing after deciding that policies letting transgender students play sports and use bathrooms matching their gender identity violate Title IX.
Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official said is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology.” Opponents decry the exam as a “MAGA loyalty test.
The Education Department’s civil rights branch lost nearly half its staff amid mass layoffs in March, raising questions about its ability to address a deep backlog of complaints from students alleging discrimination based on disability, sex or race.
The U.S. Department of Education says New York discriminated against a Long Island school district for keeping its Native American mascot, violating federal civil rights law. Secretary Linda McMahon said the state ban is unfair because mascots like “Dutchmen” and “Huguenots” are still allowed.
The Trump administration ended a long-standing desegregation order in Louisiana, calling it a “historical wrong” and signaling that similar orders may no longer be needed. While some view them as crucial, others say they’ve outlived their purpose.
The Trump administration ended a long-standing desegregation order in Louisiana, calling it a “historical wrong” and signaling that similar orders may no longer be needed. While some view them as crucial, others say they’ve outlived their purpose.
Mansfield City Schools, a district of 3,000 students in north-central Ohio, is staging what it calls “a sleep intervention,” hoping to improve academic success and reduce chronic absences, when a student misses more than 10% of the school year.
Vancouver and many other districts around the country have turned to technology to monitor school-issued devices 24/7 for any signs of danger as they grapple with a student mental health crisis and the threat of shootings.
Legislation in the General Assembly would require schools to ban personal devices during class, provide secure storage and review policies every three years.
A Florida state lawmaker has filed a bill that would ban public schools of higher education with an acceptance rate of less than 85% from admitting students in the country without legal authorization.
The curriculum—designed by the state’s public education agency—would allow teachings from the Bible such as the Golden Rule and lessons from books such as Genesis into classrooms. Under the plan, it would be optional for schools to adopt the curriculum though they would receive additional funding if they did so.
A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public classrooms is “unconstitutional on its face,” a federal judge ruled, ordering state education officials not to take steps to enforce it and to notify all local school boards in the state of his decision.
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