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Do NY budget talks include efforts to water down private-school rules? What we know
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The Journal News Media Group (New York)Yeshiva leaders say state and local educators are ill equipped to judge the quality of the education they offer through a religious lens.
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Anti-censorship group raises money to help Alabama library after pause in state funding
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
via The Tuscaloosa News (Alabama)Read Freely Alabama, which formed after a similar push in Prattville, raised $46,922 in five days to help the Fairhope library.
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Board hopefuls vying for seats in all 3 regions of Shaler Area School District
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via TribLive (Pennsylvania)Shaler Area School District residents will see contested races across all three of the district's regions in the May 20 primary. Region 1 In Shaler's Region 1, four candidates are vying for two seats…
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
WA parental, students’ rights debate continues as bills enter final stage
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)Lawmakers spent weeks engaged in fierce debate over how to best balance student privacy and parental rights after Democrats sought changes to a 2024 Republican-backed initiative commonly known as the…
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ACLU files First Amendment lawsuit against Rutherford school board for book bans
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Leaf-Chronicle (Tennessee)The Rutherford County Board of Education faces a federal First Amendment Lawsuit for banning books, a press release announced Wednesday.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Racism, Parent Involvement
House Republicans slam WA Democrats for ‘censoring’ debate on parental rights law
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
via The Olympian (Washington)The controversy stemmed from debate on Senate Bill 5181, the parental-rights law rewrite.
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Arizona House approves chaplains in public school classrooms
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)PHOENIX — Saying God is needed in schools, the Arizona House has approved allowing chaplains in public school classrooms.
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Rewrite of parental rights law passes Washington House
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via The Columbian (Washington)Washington House lawmakers, for nearly five hours on Monday, battled through the latest round of debate in the state Legislature over parental rights.
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Special Election For Former Assemblyman Bill Essayli’s Seat Announced for August 26th
Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
via California Globe (California)Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that a special election to fill the seat of former Assemblyman Bill Essayli will be held on August 26, 2025, giving candidates just over four months to…
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Proposed legislation to limit book bans in Nevada libraries advances in state Assembly
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)A bill that would make book bans harder to achieve in Nevada's school and public libraries passed its first hurdle toward becoming law. Assembly Bill 416 ...
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Arizona House approves bill allowing chaplains in public schools
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via Daily Independent (Arizona)PHOENIX — Saying children need more God, the Arizona House has approved allowing chaplains in public school classrooms. Senate Bill 1269 would allow — but not require — school …
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Students’ rights bill clears Washington Senate
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Columbian (Washington)Following a contentious floor debate, the state Senate approved a bill Friday that would guarantee public school students in Washington certain rights.
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Parents clash with CCSD over homeschooling, grade placement
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)Las Vegas families who homeschooled their children during and after the COVID-19 pandemic are finding the process of returning to the public school system isn't simple.
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Federal judge tosses former teacher’s lawsuit against Walters
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Journal Record (Oklahoma)A federal judge dismissed former teacher Summer Boismier's defamation lawsuit against Ryan Walters, ruling she didn't meet the legal threshold required for public figures.
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A young mom’s slaying was horrific. Then came the cruelties of a California court
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)After the brutal slaying of a young California mother, justice would be a long time coming for the victim's family.
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Indiana bill tracker: Property tax reform bill nears finish line, state budget advances
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)IndyStar is tracking what bills moved each week through the Indiana General Assembly's 2025 legislative session.
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Insider NJ’s Morning Intelligence Briefing: 4/14/2025
Monday, April 14th, 2025
via Insider NJ (New Jersey)Insider NJ's Morning Intelligence Briefing: The top political and government information of the day that you need to know
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Massachusetts parents ‘livid’ after schools give survey on sexual activity, gender identity to students who opted out
Saturday, April 12th, 2025
via Boston Herald (Massachusetts)Massachusetts parents 'livid' after schools give survey on sexual activity, gender identity to students who opted out
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Hundreds crowd Deerfield school board meeting over transgender student dispute
Friday, April 11th, 2025
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)People are Deerfield Public Schools District 109's meeting discussed an alleged incident of female students being forced to change in front of a transgender girl.
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