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Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new transgender law

The Chino Valley Unified School District, involved in an ongoing legal battle with the state over the district’s gender-identity policy, sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over a new law banning districts from requiring that parents be notified of their child’s gender identification change.

Louisiana parents sue over placing Ten Commandments in schools

The families, who are Jewish, Christian, Unitarian Universalist and nonreligious, alleged in court papers that the new law “substantially interferes with and burdens” the parents’ First Amendment right to raise their kids in whatever religion they want.

Wisconsin superintendent obtains restraining order against dad who interrupted graduation

As his daughter was crossing the stage at the Baraboo High School graduation, Matthew Eddy walked onstage and moved Rainey Briggs away, preventing him from shaking hands with the teen.

Virginia school board votes to restore names of Confederate leaders to schools

The measure, which passed 5-1, reverses a previous Shenandoah County board’s decision in 2020 to change the names of schools that had been linked to Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby, three men who led the pro-slavery Southern states during the Civil War.

Police fatally shoot student outside Wisconsin middle school while responding to report of person with a gun

The shooting took place outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. No one else was injured, Wisconsin's attorney general said.

Public school enrollment falling nationwide, data shows

The share of children ages 5 to 17 enrolled in public schools fell by almost 4 percentage points from 2012 to 2022, an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data found, even as the overall population grew.

Prosecutor explains unusual charge against former Virginia school administrator after 6-year-old shot teacher

Former Richneck Elementary School assistant principal Ebony Parker was charged with eight counts of felony child abuse and neglect in the wake of a 2023 shooting.

Federal judge temporarily blocks teacher pronoun restriction in Florida

Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker wrote that Florida cannot “dictate, without limitation, how public-school teachers refer to themselves when communicating to students.”

This group brings free coding education to low-income NYC students

Hood Code is an organization that provides free coding classes to students who live in New York City’s public housing. These apartments are home to more than half a million low-income families and individuals, and 25% of them are under the age of 18.

Wisconsin could become next state to mandate Asian American history in schools

While similar bills have been introduced in the last 20 years, this legislation will be the first to move to a full-Senate vote.

Florida school asks parents for permission to have book by an African American author read to students

The requirement was implemented to comply with the Parental Rights in Education law, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2022. Supporters say it gives parents greater control over their children’s education, while critics call it the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

More than 200 North Carolina teachers must pay back mistaken $1,250 bonus

The 225 teachers each received bonuses of $1,250 on Jan. 12 in off-cycle paychecks. The bonuses were intended for new teachers as incentives to fill critically vacant positions. None of the teachers who received the bonus were new hires. 

FAFSA error could reduce high school seniors’ financial aid awards: What to know

The mistake stems from the department's apparent failure to update a key part of its aid calculation index for inflation, which has surged by some 20% since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.