On Thursday, February 20, 2025. Linda McMahon’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of Education advanced with the approval of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which voted 12-11 along party lines. McMahon previously appeared before the committee February 13th for a 2 ½ hour confirmation hearing where she spoke…
On February 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Acting Assistant Secretary Craig Trainor sent a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to colleges, universities, and Pre-K-12 schools informing them that they had two weeks to comply with a new U.S. Department of Education (USDE) requirement to…
On February 12, 2025, the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee passed H.R. 649, the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025, which would amend the National School Lunch Act to allow participating schools to offer lunches with milk choices, including flavored and unflavored organic or non-organic whole, reduced-fat,…
A high-stakes lawsuit, Texas v. Becerra, is currently making its way through the courts, threatening crucial protections for people with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. This federal lawsuit brought by Republican state attorneys general against the Biden Administration's updated disability discrimination regulation, challenges two aspects of that…
As reported by KL-12 Dive, in her February 13th confirmation hearing U.S. education secretary nominee Linda McMahon told a Senate panel that, if confirmed, she would not defund public schools but would seek to reform the U.S. Department of Education by reducing federal bureaucracy and bringing schools back to the…
On Wednesday, February 12, 2025, Denver Public Schools filed suit over the Trump administration’s new policy allowing immigration raids on school grounds. In Denver Public Schools v. Noem the plaintiff is seeking to undo the January 21, 2025 executive order that allows immigration enforcement actions at “sensitive” locations such as…
On February 10, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has approximately $881 million in multiyear research contracts, which are expected to affect data accuracy and the implementation of evidence-based practices. The contracts terminated by the Education Department’s Institute of Educational Sciences include 29 related to diversity, equity and inclusion…
The date has been set for U.S. Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon's hearing for her to serve as It will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2025 at 10 AM ET at 562 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Click here for live video of the hearing.
At a February 5, 2025 hearing, Republican and Democratic members of a U.S. House education panel agreed that K-12 schools need a stronger focus on improving academic outcomes for students — but they had vastly different views on the direction the nation’s schools should take. For more information on the…
The House Ways and Means Committee is suggesting cutting $12 billion in school meal programs over 10 years by adjusting school qualification for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) and requiring income verification for national K-12 breakfast and lunch programs, according to a document on the committee’s budget reconciliation options. Specifically,…
