The department’s proposed rule on federal grants, known as the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, closes for public comment this Wednesday.
The Federal Student Aid office plans to hire 334 full-time employees by 2027, despite staffing cuts last year and efforts to send the department’s work to other agencies.
Latvia now requires high school students to take national defense classes, including weapons training, as concerns about Russia remain high. Officials say the program is meant to build resilience and responsible citizenship.
The audit, spurred by a June 2021 investigation by Business Insider, looked at the relationship between the Val Verde Unified School District and Pegasus California School, more than 6,000 miles away in Qingdao, China.
Educators fear immigration raids will have long-term consequences similar to the Covid-19 pandemic like increased student absences and anxiety and declining academic performance.
An emergency appeal asks the high court to reinstate a judge’s ruling that allowed parents with religious objections to opt out of the law’s provisions that require public school teachers not to tell parents if a child asks to use different pronouns or adopt a different gender identity.
Florida’s expansion of school choice has left more than $400 million in taxpayer-funded education vouchers sitting unused, exposing major cracks in the state’s booming program.
Critics say issues with accessing federal career and technical education funding could preview bigger problems when the Trump administration starts to outsource more of the Education Department’s responsibilities to other agencies.
The law aims to curb antisemitism in California schools, despite objections it could limit classroom speech. The measure adds new oversight roles and guidelines for educators.
Advocates seeking to remove school vaccine requirements are focusing on Louisiana, Texas and Idaho after recent policy changes in Florida. Their proposals face political debate and uncertainty within GOP-led states.
Across red and blue states, leaders are embracing phone bans in schools inspired by Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation, a movement uniting concerns over kids’ mental health and social media’s impact.
Districts representing Alexandria City, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince William County have been placed on high-risk status, the agency said. The Education Department will now only reimburse these school districts, forcing the schools to pay their education expenses up front.
The Education Department dismissed civil rights complaints at such a rapid clip this year that former officials and advocates are concerned about a core agency function amid plans to make deep staffing cuts.
It’s a move with the potential to imperil afterschool programs, teacher training initiatives and education for migrant students. Some education advocacy groups estimate that approximately $5 billion is at stake.
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