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Berkeley Schools Superintendent to Testify Today on Capitol Hill
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via The New York TimesThree leaders of major public school systems will appear before members of a House committee looking into claims of antisemitism in schools.
School Board – General
Transgender activists flood Utah tip line with hoax reports to block bathroom law enforcement
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via The Associated PressTransgender activists have flooded a Utah tip line created to alert state officials to possible violations of a new bathroom law with thousands of hoax reports.
School Board – General
South Carolina lawmakers rekindle bill limiting how topics like race are taught
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via The Associated PressA small group of lawmakers in South Carolina has rekindled debate on a bill that would limit how topics like race can be taught in public school K-12 classrooms.
Racism
Georgia governor signs budget boosting spending, looking to surplus billions to cut taxes in future
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via The Associated PressGeorgia Gov. Brian Kemp is both increasing spending and cutting taxes as state tax revenues decline, saying he is looking to the state's billions in surplus to allow him to remain on that course.
School Safety
Judge dismisses lawsuit by mother who said school hid teen’s gender expression
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by a Maine woman who accused school officials of encouraging her teen's gender expression without consulting her.
School Board – General
After AP investigation, family of missing students enrolls in school
Monday, May 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressAfter AP's Pulitzer Prize-finalist investigation, a family of Atlanta kids struggling to enroll in school returned to class last month.
School Board – General
This obscure N.Y. election law is at the heart of Trump’s hush money trial
Monday, May 6th, 2024
via The Washington PostNY state election law 17-152 is the statute that prosecutors say represents the underlying law Trump was intending to violate when he falsified business records.
School Board – General
Texas school board accepts separation agreement with superintendent over student banned from musical
Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
via The Associated PressA Texas school board has accepted a voluntary separation agreement with its superintendent who was suspended after removing a transgender student from a role in the musical 'Oklahoma!'
School Board – General
Read the Federal Judges’ Ruling
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
via The New York TimesA newly drawn congressional map in Louisiana was struck down on Tuesday by a panel of federal judges who found that the new boundaries, which form a second majority Black district in the state,…
School Board – General
‘A step back in time’: America’s Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
via The Associated PressAcross the United States, the Catholic church is undergoing an immense shift. Generations of Catholics are increasingly embracing religious conservatives who believe the church has been twisted by change.
Sex Education
Court says state health-care plans can’t exclude gender-affirming surgery
Monday, April 29th, 2024
via The Washington PostIt was the second ruling this month in favor of trans advocates from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit.
LGBTQ+
Push to restrict LGBTQ+ rights hits a snag in state legislatures
Monday, April 29th, 2024
via The Washington PostState legislatures have passed few bills targeting gay and transgender Americans this year, raising questions about whether the push to restrict LGBTQ rights is losing momentum.
School Board – General, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
The formerly enslaved lawmaker who warned about rewriting Black history
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
via The Washington PostA century before today's fights on book bans and history curriculums, pioneering Black lawmaker John Roy Lynch sought to correct the record on Reconstruction.
Book Bans
Indiana voters to pick party candidates in competitive, multimillion dollar primaries
Saturday, April 27th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe results of some primary elections in Indiana could determine the outcome of the general election in a deep red state where Republicans hold a supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature and GOP politicians lead many top offices.
Parents
Tennessee lawmakers OK bill criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
via The Associated PressTennessee's GOP-controlled Statehouse has given their final approval on legislation criminalizing adults who help minors receive gender-affirming care without parental consent.
Parents
Gay actor’s speech back on at Pennsylvania school after cancellation over his ‘lifestyle’
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
via The Associated PressA Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children's book author Maulik Pancholy.
School Board – General
Senior ‘skip day’ was an annual tradition. Then 5 teens were shot.
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
via The Washington PostGreenbelt officials and community members are grappling with how to move forward after five teenagers were wounded at a 'senior skip day' outing.
School Board – General
Read the Ruling
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
via The New York TimesIn a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals found that the trial judge who presided over Mr. Weinstein's case had made a crucial mistake, allowing prosecutors to call as witnesses a series of…
Racism
Venezuela broke its HPV vaccine promises, and there’s barely any sex ed. Experts say it’s a problem
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
via The Associated PressVenezuela's government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines against HPV for free, and many public-school teachers ignore the requirement to teach sex ed.
Sex Education