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Education package with multitude of policy changes and no BSA increase unveiled by Gov. Dunleavy
Friday, January 31st, 2025
via Juneau Empire (Alaska)Proposals include allowing students to enroll anywhere in the state, more charter and homeschool support.
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White House calls out Madison School District in K-12 ‘indoctrination’ order
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
via Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin)Madison schools adopted a policy in 2018 that states a person's gender identity can be male, female, a blend of both or neither.
Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Tennessee GOP passes school voucher expansion bill with backing from Trump
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Tennessee)Tennessee lawmakers have approved legislation drastically expanding the number of families who can use taxpayer money on private schools regardless of income.
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Trump unveils executive orders that could reshape education
Thursday, January 30th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)President Donald Trump earlier this week vowed in a social media post to bring education 'BACK TO THE STATES, where it belongs.'
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With sweeping orders, Trump aims to control race teaching, boost school choice
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Washington)Trump signed orders Wednesday to punish schools for teaching about race and gender, promote school choice, and facilitate deportation for some campus protesters.
Racism, Parent Involvement
North Dakota lawmakers debate bill granting parents more control in education
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via InForum (North Dakota)Senate Bill 2244 says it would give parents more control over their child's education, but critics say it duplicates existing laws.
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Schools that use a student’s requested pronouns could lose federal funds under new Trump order
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Sacramento Bee (California)President Donald Trump signedanother anti-transgender executive order, this one going after the federal funding of schools that affirm their students' genders.
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Whitmer pitches education ‘transparency’ plan as Michigan test scores lag
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via Bridge Michigan (Michigan)On the heels of poor student test scores, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is proposing an education plan to boost 'transparency' for parents and schools.
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Democrats flip Iowa Senate seat in special election
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Democrats Tuesday flipped seat in the Iowa Senate in a special election held to replace Republican Sen. Chris Cournoyer, who was named as Iowa's lieutenant governor, but Democrats still will be far outnumbered in the chamber.
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Unofficial results: Democrat Mike Zimmer wins Iowa Senate District 35 special election
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Unofficial results as of 9:40 p.m. with all counties and precincts reporting show Zimmer leading with 4,812, or 51.72%, to Whittington's 4,473 votes, or 48.08%.
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Americans for Prosperity: Celebrates school choice week
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)Madison, WI – Americans for Prosperity-Wisconsin (AFP-WI) released the following statement celebrating National School Choice Week. AFP-WI State Director Megan Novak released the following statement:…
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Trump’s executive orders and what they mean for Michigan
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via MLive.com (Michigan)Does Michigan have to follow President Donald Trump's executive orders? Legal experts explain.
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‘They’re all damaged.’ Despite progress, West Virginia is still failing to get foster kids the mental health help they need
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Register-Herald (West Virginia)By the time Sadie Kendall turned 18 and aged out of West Virginia's foster care system, she had lived in more than two dozen places. There was her mother's house
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Should DCS, schools be able to keep information from parents? Indiana Senate bill says no
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)The bill had broad support in the Senate, passing 44-5. But opposition also was bipartisan, as lawmakers raised concerns about unintended consequences.
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Longer school year, higher teacher pay on Senate Education Committee agenda
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)Bills that would increase teacher pay and extend the length of the school year by a week are top of mind for leaders of the Senate Education Committee
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Iowa lawmakers advance proposals affecting home schooling
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Increased tax credits for home schooling, exemptions for blood lead testing for home-schooled children and implementing gender-neutral term requirements for world language instruction for all students were among the education-related proposals in a bill considered Monday.
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Free speech organizations denounce Education Department’s calling book bans a ‘hoax’
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via WESH (Florida)Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing a Department of Education announcement that called bans a "hoax."
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Iowa lawmakers consider homeschool tax credit increase, waiving student blood lead test disclosure
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Quad-City Times (Iowa)Educators, homeschool parents and lobbyists crowded into a subcommittee meeting for House File 88 containing a slate of proposals, most of which focused on independent and competent private education, or
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What Arizona families considering fostering or adopting a child need to know
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Daily Independent (Arizona)Foster care versus adoption can be so confusing! While both involve opening your heart and home to a child in need, the processes, goals and legal implications behind foster care and adoption are …
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