S.B. 1 will set rules around classroom discussion, create post-tenure reviews, put diversity scholarships at risk, create a retrenchment provision that block unions from negotiating on tenure, shorten university board of trustees terms from nine years down to six years, and require students take an American history course, among other things.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the Trump administration won't penalize states that reject school choice, calling it a state issue. Her remarks follow Trump's executive order to close the Department of Education and expand school choice efforts.

Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is rallying Congressional leaders to investigate the Trump Administration's efforts to dismantle the Department of Education.

In the 2024-2025 school year, schools are short 55,000 teachers and an additional 270,000 are not credentialed to work in K12 classrooms.