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Comments about the Trump administration decision to rescind federal guidelines allowing transgender students to use public school bathrooms matching their chosen gender identity: "As President Trump has clearly stated, he believes policy regarding transgender bathrooms should be decided at the state level. The joint decision made today by the Department of Justice and the Department of Education returning power to the states paves the way for an open and inclusive process to take place at the local level with input from parents, students, teachers and administrators."
The Trump administration on Wednesday ended federal protections for transgender students that instructed schools to allow them to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities. Stepping into an emotional national debate, the administration came down on the side of states' rights, lifting federal guidelines that had been issued by the Obama administration and characterized by Republicans as a legal overreach.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Sen. Lois Kolkhorst R-Brenham give the media an update on SB6 The Texas Privacy Act also known as the "bathroom bill" on Feb. 6, 2017 The state's top leaders have remained silent on whether they'll provide more resources for victims - or more funding for the crippled child welfare system that's supposed to protect vulnerable kids. The Affordable Care Act is unpopular, but Texans don't want to get rid of it until they know what's going to replace it.
Authorities say a vehicle in President Donald Trump's motorcade was struck by a "2x4" and five middle school students are now facing charges. Palm Beach County Sheriff's office spokeswoman Teri Barbera said in a statement Saturday that the incident happened Friday around 1:45 p.m. Officers assisting the U.S. Secret Service reported that a vehicle in the motorcade had been struck by what was believed to be a small, hard object.
Mirror photo by Russ O'Reilly Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School President Joe Adams presents the "College in High School" program to parents, faculty and students on Friday. Following the model of high school-university partnerships in other regions of the country, Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School and Mount Aloysius College will offer high school students an opportunity to earn a college degree at the same time as earning their high school diploma.
Last week, the Justice Department withdrew the pending legal challenge that had sought to reverse the federal court decision blocking the implementation of the Obama administration's transgender bathroom policy for public schools. By announcing it would drop the government's appeal , the Trump administration signaled that it will take a more conservative approach to the issue, allowing local school districts to develop their own bathroom and locker room policies without federal guidance.
Check out this item near the bottom I've put in calls to the State Board of Education, the Chicago Urban League and others and haven't heard back yet. The State Board of Education's chairman, James Meeks, hasn't returned two calls but did say "Yes" via text when I asked if the ISBE was settling the lawsuit.
COURT BATTLE School board member Timothy Nonn is suing the district he was elected to serveover charges they are not meeting his needs as a disabled person. newly elected trustee at the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District is suing the district in federal court this week over what he says is an ongoing violation of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act .
An autistic high school student raped a classmate while the adult assigned to monitor him was taking a nap, said a federal lawsuit accusing Hawaii's statewide school district of negligence. The autistic student had a full-time one-on-one aide because he was known to be violent, the lawsuit filed Monday said.
A state school official says any school forced to close because of evacuations may be able to recover attendance funding, the main revenue source for local districts. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson says he has directed his staff to help affected school administrators to apply for waivers due to school closures.
For almost four decades, education and fiscal analysts have sought in vain for evidence showing the benefits of the massive federal aid that has been funneled through the U.S. Education Department . Now, a research report left on USED's website two days before the end of Barack Obama's administration and the start of Donald Trump's confirms what many have suspected: Substantial federal spending alongside strict regulation helps schools improve not one iota.
Stepping into the national debate on illegal immigration and its possible impact on students, and following the recommendations by the American Civil Liberties Union , Antioch Superintendent Stephanie Anello posted a letter to parents and guardians on the district's website , recently, in an attempt to allay fears some students have been expressing to staff. Although the AUSD Board has not declared the district a sanctuary, as the Contra Costa Community College District did, last month, Anello felt it necessary to send the message, following receipt of a letter from the ACLU sent out on December 12, to all Superintendents in California.
The state of Washington's attorneys celebrated a federal appeals court refusal to reinstate President Donald Trump's partial immigration ban as a legal victory for constitutional rights and for people whose lives had been disrupted by the administration action. At a press conference shortly after the decision, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson and his staff said there has been an outpouring of public support for the state's suit against the travel ban, which the state has criticized as unconstitutional and in violation of various federal laws.
Uwajima Fisheries High School students offer flowers in memory of nine people killed when a U.S. Navy submarine accidentally rammed into the Ehime Maru, a training vessel for the school students, 16 years ago off Hawaii during a ceremony Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at the memorial of the accident at the school in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The submarine's rudder sliced into the ship's hull some 6 miles offshore.
Advocates of school choice see an ally in Gov. Chris Sununu, New Hampshire's first Republican governor in a dozen years. Sununu has opined on the need for parents to have more choice, nominated a businessman who homeschooled his kids to lead the education department, and supports legislation that would allow some towns to use taxpayer dollars for private school tuition.
AP file photo Illinois State Secretary of Education Beth Purvis smiles Feb. 18 at Riverton Middle School in Riverton. A group of Illinois lawmakers have agreed on a framework for making the way Illinois funds its schools more equitable.
Refugee students who want to attend McCaskey High School rather than a private alternative school cleared another legal hurdle Monday when a federal appeals court sided with them, according to a news release from the lawyers representing the students. The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia, upheld the ruling of Judge Edward Smith of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in August 2016, who said the School District of Lancaster violated the civil rights of older immigrant students under the Equal Educational Opportunities Act.
The state's school funding debate managed to lurch forward last week, as Senate Republicans released a long-awaited education plan just as their Democratic counterparts unsuccessfully tried to force a vote on extending local levy funding. The Republican proposal, disclosed Friday after weeks of waiting, follows the broad strokes of a plan disclosed to Crosscut earlier, increasing the proportion of school expenses paid by the state using a so-called "levy swap," where locally-imposed property taxes are reduced and state property taxes are increased.
On the strong chance state legislators don't know it, here's a definition of the word "precipitous": an action done suddenly and without careful consideration. Use in a sentence: "State leaders are acting precipitously in pressing the issue of school choice when they haven't yet fixed the state's nightmare of a school finance system."
School choice proponents often attack their critics by saying that anyone who doesn't support choice programs - charter schools, voucher programs, tax scholarship credits - love the status quo and don't care that children are trapped in failing traditional public schools. *There are some perfectly awful publicly funded traditional public schools and some severely troubled districts, especially in America's cities.