The surprise move will ensure districts' state-imposed limits on how much revenue they are allowed to raise will be increased by $325 per student each year until 2425, creating a permanent annual stream of new revenue for public schools.
Citing fears of possible slashes to Title II funds, these education leaders explain why districts need the most support possible to implement successful professional development in their schools.
When it comes to K12 LGBTQ policies in schools, parents and other adults prefer classroom discussions about the LGBTQ community to using students' preferred pronouns.
The College Board says withholding information about gender dysphoria, gender identity, and sexual orientation from students studying human psychology "would break the fundamental promise of AP."
Gov. Phil Scott said in a statement that with the legislation, “the Legislature has added $20-30 million in property tax pressure to pay for school meals for all students, including those from affluent families.
Funding for schools, literacy programs and special education teachers in Oregon—a state where 60% of third graders can’t read at grade level—could be jeopardized by a Republican walkout that has stalled hundreds of bills and derailed the Legislature for nearly six weeks.
"I do think it would be appropriate... if Congress is willing to provide the legislative or regulatory authority to put that label on, then I'd certainly be willing to partner," he said during a Senate Health, Labor and Pensions Panel on Thursday.
A closer look Florida’s No. 1 ranking in education by U.S. News & World Report shows the state’s relatively high marks stem partly from actions that predate the pandemic—or even DeSantis as governor.
Republican lawmakers rallied with more than one hundred Bible-toting parents and children at Utah’s Capitol on Wednesday to protest a school district’s decision to remove the Bible from middle and elementary school libraries in the wake of a GOP-backed “sensitive materials” law passed two years ago.
