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Federal lawsuit against Florida school district that banned books can move forward, judge rules
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit may move forward against a Florida Panhandle school district over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities from library shelves.
Book Bans
In Florida, New School Laws Have an Unintended Consequence: Bureaucracy
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via The New York TimesUnder recent rules, some students can't take a vision test or get a Band-Aid without permission slips. And it's up to schools to hunt them down.
Parents
In Newark, 16-Year-Olds ‘With Skin in the Game’ Are Set to Get the Vote
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via The New York TimesNew Jersey's largest city is poised to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in school board elections, starting in April.
School Board – General
In Speech, New Jersey Governor Backs Phonics and Medical Debt Relief
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The New York Times'Nobody should have to worry about being able to afford critical health care,' Gov. Philip D. Murphy said in his sixth-annual State of the State address.
School Board – General
New Jersey’s State of the State: Teen voting, more AI, lower medical debt among governor’s pitches
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressNew Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has announced a series of new measures he wants the newly expanded Democrat-led Legislature to adopt.
School Board – General
DeSantis returns to Florida as campaign lags and mood in Tallahassee shifts
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The Washington PostFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a lightning trip to Tallahassee to rally state lawmakers around his conservative agenda as his presidential ambitions founder.
Parents
South Carolina Republican agenda includes energy resilience, gender care, Black history and guns
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressRepublican lawmakers who pull all the levers of the South Carolina Legislature want to dispense with so-called 'social issues' this session and focus on pocketbook matters.
Racism
Asa Hutchinson reminds Iowans who forgot him: ‘I’m still running’
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The Washington PostMonths after better polling, better-funded candidates concluded they had no path in a race dominated by Donald Trump and ended their campaigns, Hutchinson is still running.
School Board – General
Alexandria voters to select school board member in special election
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The Washington PostA seat came open in November after board member Willie Bailey abruptly resigned. He was one of three board members representing District A.
School Board – General
Florida GOP ousts chairman under investigation for alleged rape
Monday, January 8th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Republican Party of Florida removed chairman Christian Ziegler on Monday in a bid to move past a sexual assault probe ensnaring a GOP power couple.
Parents
Florida Republicans vote on removing party chairman accused of rape as DeSantis pins hopes on Iowa
Monday, January 8th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Republican Party of Florida will vote on removing Chairman Christian Ziegler and select a new leader as police investigate a rape accusation against him
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Family-friendly drag queen faces hate and threats in hostile Florida
Sunday, January 7th, 2024
via The Washington PostJason DeShazo is a performer and activist in the state that is considered one of the most inhospitable places in the country by the LGBTQ+ community.
Parents
Things to know about a school shooting in the small Iowa town of Perry
Saturday, January 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressA small town in Iowa is stunned but pulling together after a school shooting in which a a 17-year-old killed a sixth-grader and wounded seven other people before police say he died by suicide.
School Safety
Iowa school principal was shot trying to distract gunman, daughter says
Saturday, January 6th, 2024
via The Washington Post'Principal Marburger acted selflessly and placed himself in harm's way in an apparent effort to protect his students,' a top Iowa law enforcement official said.
School Board – General
The Perry school shooting creates new questions for Republicans in Iowa’s presidential caucuses
Friday, January 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe shooting in Perry, Iowa, has cast a shadow over the state's upcoming first-in-the-nation Republican presidential caucuses.
School Safety
Anthony J. Alvarado, Former New York City Schools Chancellor, Dies at 81
Friday, January 5th, 2024
via The New York TimesHe also turned two Manhattan districts into national models. But his tangled personal finances forced him to resign as the city's first Hispanic schools chief.
School Board – General
The teacher shot by a 6-year-old still worries, a year later, about the other students in the room
Friday, January 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe former teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in a Virginia classroom said she still worries about the other children who saw it happen.
School Board – General
Teen kills 6th grader, wounds 5 others and takes own life in Iowa high school shooting, police say
Friday, January 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressAuthorities say a 17-year-old student with a shotgun and a handgun opened fire at a small-town Iowa high school, killing a sixth-grader and wounding five others.
School Board – General
A transgender candidate in Ohio was disqualified from the state ballot for omitting her former name
Thursday, January 4th, 2024
via The Associated PressA transgender woman has been disqualified from running for the Ohio House after omitting her former name from circulating petitions to get on the ballot.
LGBTQ+