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Without income requirements, Florida’s school voucher program booms
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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‘Choose each other every day’: Boise LGBTQ+ couple contends with the Idaho Legislature
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Idaho Statesman (Idaho)After a recent push at the Legislature, the same-sex couple with two children spoke of the challenges they could face if their marriage was nullified.
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The school board was the testing ground for the fall of our democracy
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)A few years ago, a colleague asked me what I believed to be the 'endgame' for all the chaos we had witnessed in America's school boards.
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Bills raising age of medical consent in Alabama advance despite warnings: ‘Delay in care .. can be deadly’
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via al.com (Alabama)'This is parents being in charge of their children and not the medical community,' Sen. Sam Givhan said.
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Indiana Senate votes to put sex ed materials online. Some fear politicization
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)For the second year in a row, the Indiana Senate has approved a bill to make schools'
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Slashing the federal workforce would have ‘immense’ impact on Virginia governor’s race
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)The Trump administration's effort to cut the federal government is playing in the 2025 race for governor of Virginia, home to thousands of federal employees.
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Advocates applaud NJ appeals court upholding K12 transgender student protections
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via North Jersey Media Group (New Jersey)An appellate panel ruled that orders blocking four NJ districts from removing transgender student protections were legal and should remain in place.
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Colorado Democrats push proposal on contested books in schools
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via The Gazette - Colorado Springs (Colorado)Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring public and charter schools to establish written policies for handling challenged library books following a recent lawsuit against a district that removed nearly
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Colorado Democrats want schools to establish policies about contested books in libraries
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via The Gazette - Colorado Springs (Colorado)Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring public and charter schools to establish written policies for handling challenged library books following a recent lawsuit against a district that removed nearly
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A Democratic bill seeking to protect challenged books in Colorado schools heads to Senate
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via The Gazette - Colorado Springs (Colorado)Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill requiring public and charter schools to establish written policies for handling challenged library books following a recent lawsuit against a district that removed nearly
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Cy-Fair ISD board to discuss parental rights in light of contentious new gender policy
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via KPRC (Texas)The Cy-Fair ISD board meeting will address a contentious gender policy focusing on parental notification and student privacy.
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Bill tracker: Senate votes to ban DEI, House OKs anti-immigration bill. What else moved
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)There's about 1,200 bills filed but only some of them will become law. Here, we're tracking the bills that actually progress in the legislature.
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Bill tracker: Senate votes to ban DEI, House OKs anti illegal immigration bill. What else moved
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via Courier & Press (Indiana)There's about 1,200 bills filed but only some of them will become law. Here, we're tracking the bills that actually progress in the legislature.
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West Virginia educators, lawmakers discuss school choice ahead of legislative session
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via WV News (West Virginia)Parents
Bill to ‘fix reading failures’ in Wyoming advances despite educators’ concerns
Friday, February 7th, 2025
via Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming)Skeptics voice worry about punitive measures for school districts and an emphasis on holding struggling students back.
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Conservative legal group asks Department of Education to investigate Prince William schools’ transgender policy
Friday, February 7th, 2025
via InsideNoVA.com (Virginia)A conservative legal group has requested the U.S. Department of Education investigate Prince William County Public Schools and four other Northern Virginia school systems, alleging their policies related to transgender students and gender identity violate civil rights laws.
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FOX45: Trump’s executive order may defund Maryland schools that teach gender identity
Friday, February 7th, 2025
via The Baltimore Sun (Maryland)An executive order signed by President Donald Trump may soon defund Maryland schools that teach gender identity or assist in social transitions of students who identify as transgender.
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Is SB 1017 really dead? What to know about Oklahoma’s legislative process, Deever’s bill
Friday, February 7th, 2025
via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)Deevers said he has withdrawn the controversial bill aiming to reduce IEP services, but under Senate rules, it may not be completely off the table.
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How Trump’s plans for education could affect Nevada
Friday, February 7th, 2025
via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)Will Trump's executive orders on education affect Nevada? CCSD's interim superintendent's answer: 'As a District, we remain committed to serving and supporting all of our children.'
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