The Palm Springs Unified School District became the first in the Coachella Valley to pay its student board members. They're earning nearly $300 a month to participate in district-level discussions, an initiative Superintendent Tony Signoret says is encouraging civic engagement and leadership.
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."
IDEA does not apply to postsecondary education and so, if a student with a disability attends a college program on a college campus, they are beyond the IDEA's domain.
It's an issue the Supreme Court has decided to take up after public officials, including two school board members, blocked constituents from seeing their accounts or removed critical comments.
Gov. Jared Polis wants to fully fund schools for the first time since 2009 by getting rid of a fiscal tool state lawmakers have used to reduce education funding, according to his proposed budget for 2024-25.
The School Board of Lake County and Florida education officials have asked a federal judge to toss out a First Amendment lawsuit brought by students and the authors of “And Tango Makes Three” in June.
A new law will require books and other materials to be rated and reviewed by vendors for sexual content before they can be sold to school libraries. Texas lawmakers warned A Midsummer Night's Dream, Of Mice and Men, The Canterbury Tales, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the Bible and other classic works of literature could be restricted.
