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Florida, other states scrambling after judge rejects Title IX argument

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

Florida had sought an injunction against new rules on discrimination based on gender identity.

Parents

Piwowarczyk campaign: Don Pridemore should resign from Hartford School Boards and drop out of the Assembly Race after inexcusable Biden Title IX vote

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

Town of Erin – Assembly candidate Jim Piwowarczyk said Wednesday that his primary opponent, Don Pridemore, should resign immediately from the two Hartford area school boards he serves on after…

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Federal protections of transgender students are in effect where courts haven’t blocked them

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)

New federal protections for transgender students at U.S. schools and colleges took effect Thursday with muted impact because judges have temporarily blocked enforcement in 25 states and hundreds of individual colleges and schools across the country.

Parents

Federal protections of transgender students are launching where courts haven’t blocked them

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024

via WPLG (Florida)

New federal protections for transgender students at U.S. schools and colleges launch this week, but not everywhere.

Parents

How a school district took its spat with a local TV station to the FCC

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Washington)

A Loudoun County official claims WJLA's reporting shows a 'dishonest' slant. Station owner Sinclair calls it an attempt to 'shut down critical news coverage.'

Racism, Parent Involvement

In first Nevada trip, Vance says Harris ‘owns every failure’ of Biden admin

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)

He accused Harris of being culpable for record-setting border crossings, a 'cover-up' of President Joe Biden's health and an economy that saw high inflation (which has since eased).

Parents

From homelessness to sweet success: local baker endures trials before opening business

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

via NewsAdvance.com (Virginia)

Behind the counter of Sweet Indulgence Bakery is a woman with a warm smile who stands strong in resilience and determination. You might not guess the tumultuous journey she took to get to that place of success.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

New rule protecting transgender students is on hold at these NC schools. Here’s why.

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

via The News & Observer (North Carolina)

The Biden Administration can't enforce the Title IX rule change at a number of schools nationwide.

Parents

Meet the Republican candidates running in the primary for Wisconsin’s 86th Assembly seat

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024

via Wausau Daily Herald (Wisconsin)

John Spiros, Donna Rozar and Trine Spindler will face off in the Aug. 13 primary to represent the Republican Party in the November general election.

Parents

What is Project 2025? 5 ways its ideas are similar to Florida laws

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)

Project 2025, a nearly 1,000-page roadmap for a Republican president to remake the entire federal government, takes some tips from Florida.

Parents

Thousands of schools in 45 states exempt from Title IX rule under Moms for Liberty escape clause

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via The Washington Times (District of Columbia)

More than 2,000 schools in 45 states will be exempt from the Biden administration's final rule adding 'gender identity' to Title IX, based on a judge's order blocking the regulations from taking effect at any school with a Moms for Liberty parent.

Parents

New APLS policies to impact libraries throughout Alabama

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via WAFF 48 News (Alabama)

Libraries across the state of Alabama will need to change their current policies to keep children under 18 from accessing adult material in the library without a parent or guardian's permission.

Parents

Moms for Liberty, parents’ rights groups working to block new Title IX rule from their kids’ schools

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)

The fate of federal regulations that would significantly expand the rights of LGBTQ+ students under Title IX is in legal limbo after court rulings placed the U.S. Department of Education's Aug. 1 …

Parents

GOP candidates square off for downriver state House seat

Monday, July 29th, 2024

via The Detroit News (Michigan)

Three candidates for the 27th District seat are vying to take on a Democratic incumbent in November.

Parents

Who elected Elon Musk our arbiter of social norms?

Sunday, July 28th, 2024

via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)

Elon Musk's drift — more precisely, his headlong dive — into right-wing orthodoxies has been well-chronicled. He has openly endorsed antisemitic tropes, called for the prosecution of the respected immunologist Anthony Fauci (evidently buying into ...

Parents

GOP candidate who lost HD35 race in…

Saturday, July 27th, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Erika Booth must first get past primary opponent Laura Gomez McAdams before facing Tom Keen again in what is expected to be a high-stakes, high-spending contest.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Sarasota School Board candidates field questions at public forum in Venice

Saturday, July 27th, 2024

via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)

All five candidates for two Sarasota School Board seats up for grabs on Aug. 20's primary election participated in a public forum in Venice on Friday.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Public decries, defends possible Keller ISD policy requiring approval for names, pronouns

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Dallas Morning News (Texas)

Keller ISD did not vote on the policy that covers whether students can ask to go by different pronouns.

Parents

Seeking an appropriate education, Vermont families battle lawyers, the Legislature and a lack of staff

Friday, July 26th, 2024

via Valley News (Vermont)

If anyone could navigate Vermont's special education system, it was Chris and Pallas Ziporyn — or so they believed.Chris, once a teacher, received a master's degree with a focus on special education.…

School Board – General, Parent Involvement