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

Why do schools turn kids into little salespeople? And why do we let companies come in and dangle prizes in front of students? NPR spent a year with one elementary school, following their fundraising efforts, to see how much they raise, and what the money goes to.

Larger Oklahoma districts could get an extra $1 million in state funding under a new proposal while another measure would cover the costs of banning cellphones.

The proposed aid, a $908 million increase from the current year, would be Murphy’s final payment into the seven-year plan, outlined by a law he signed in 2018, to fully fund the state’s school aid formula and redirect money to underfunded districts, including Newark Public Schools.