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Central California city wants to order school district to disclose gender identity to parents

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via The Fresno Bee (California)

Opponents of the ordinance said forced outing policies put LGBTQ+ youth at risk.

Parents

Texas Senate approves bill banning DEI in K-12 public schools

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via High Plains Public Radio (Texas)

The bill would ban diversity, equity and inclusion policies related to hiring and programming, while creating ways for parents to complain about violations to the DEI ban.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Where Florida Senators, House Reps Stand on Abolishing US Department of Education

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via Florida Daily (Florida)

President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to abolish the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Below is an overview of recent votes of involving the DOE cast by each US Senator and Representative…

Parents

From compliance to defunding: The case over Fairhope’s library creates confusion

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via al.com (Alabama)

State officials' apparent contradictory statements leave Fairhope officials searching for answers about sudden loss of library funds.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Secret political group buying text messages targeting trans issues in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

Friday, March 21st, 2025

via Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin)

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LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement

Trump’s call to dismantle Education Department shows Republican rightward lurch and his grip on GOP

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Associated Press (Mississippi)

Since it was created in 1979, the Education Department has enjoyed enough bipartisan support to keep it in business, with some Republicans even embracing its role in funding and shaping public schools.

Parents

Four points people need to understand about Trump’s Education Department closure

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via Los Angeles Times (California)

The dismantling of the department has been unofficially in progress for weeks, but Trump's impact on education already has been substantial in California.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Texas Senate passes bill to eliminate DEI in K-12 schools

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via KXAN (Texas)

Texas state senators voted along party lines this week to pass an education omnibus bill that would eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at K-12 public schools.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

What does Education Department do and what will Trump’s order mean?

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via NBC Chicago (Illinois)

Amid reports the White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, many are asking what that might mean for the U.S. and schools.

Parents

‘More of a struggle’: Some parents worry how Trump’s Ed Department order will harm children, schools

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

The Trump administration issued an executive order Friday to dismantle the Department of Education.

Parents

Alabama state library leader fired after two years of conservative scrutiny

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via al.com (Alabama)

Nancy Pack was fired effective immediately.

Parents

House, Senate pass competing parental rights bills

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The Union Leader (New Hampshire)

Ending years of frustration and narrow defeats, House Speaker Sherman Packard celebrated Thursday after a sweeping parental rights bill cleared the House of Representatives with a smattering of…

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)

Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to 'the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to fight integrated schools.

Parents

Will Texas ban DEI in public schools? Here’s what the Senate is proposing, advancing.

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via Austin American-Statesman (Texas)

The Texas Senate gave initial approval to a bill that would prohibit diversity training and hiring practices in schools and ban some student clubs.

Parents

Fear, sadness and anger: LGBTQ communities in central Illinois respond to Trump policies

Thursday, March 20th, 2025

via The State Journal-Register (Illinois)

Parents

Trump said to sign order aimed at dismantling Education Department

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)

President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the agency, according to two White House officials.

Parents

Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

via The New York Times

The order, which President Trump may sign on Thursday, will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning some of its primary duties.

Parents

Controversial home-school legislation passes key House test

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

via Daily Herald (Illinois)

SPRINGFIELD — After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a state House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would impose new requirements on home schooling,…

Parents

Fewer California kindergarten students immunized against measles last year, new data show

Wednesday, March 19th, 2025

via Los Angeles Times (California)

New data from the California Department of Public Health showed a drop in immunization among school-age children. Measles vaccination rates have dropped dangerously low in some counties.

Parents