After it missed an October deadline for disseminating two anticipated Title IX regulations that are expected to significantly impact school policies, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is being urged by Democrat lawmakers to finalize and release those highly-anticipated regulations. According to a Nov. 30 letter to Education Secretary Cardona…
According to an updated policy statement released by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Education (USDE) released on November 28, 2023, 55% of preschoolers with disabilities get special education services in classrooms separate from their peers. It goes on to say that young children with disabilities should…
As milk carton shortage affects students nationwide, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-New York, is demanding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investigate the national milk carton shortage that is financially crippling New York dairy farmers and keeping milk out of the hands of schoolchildren across the country. Schumer is asking the USDA to offer…
The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) has developed a clinical practice guideline titled Students with Allergies and Risk for Anaphylaxis. Allergic conditions affect approximately 50 million children and adults living in the United States (American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology [AAAAI], 2020), including allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema, allergic…
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, with only 21 states reporting, over 2 million children were disenrolled from Medicaid in those 21 states as of November 14th. Overall, and as predicted by researchers, about 70% of those disenrollments occurred because of procedural reasons (e.g., states having outdated contact information for…
In a Wednesday, November 15, 2023 press conference, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona expressed strong concerns regarding analyses of the national data collection from the 2020-21 school year through the U.S. Education Department’s (USDE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Data Collection. The data from the mandatory survey of preK-12 public…
On Thursday, November 16, 2023, President Biden signed a two-tiered stopgap spending measure that avoids a government shutdown and keeps some agencies funded into January and others, including education, through February 2. Late Wednesday, November 15th, the U.S. Senate approved the Continuing Resolution (CR) in an 87-11 vote, sending it to…
On November 13, 2023, Democratic members of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hosted a roundtable with educators and advocates to seek answers to the national epidemic of shootings. The roundtable took place as this year’s number of school shootings across the nation set a record high. Four key takeaways from…
On November 9, 2023, Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and Tim Kaine, D-Virginia introduced a bipartisan bill in the U.S. Senate that proposes a study led by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) on the effects that cell phone use in K-12 classrooms has on students’ mental health and academic performance. The…
In their latest attempt to block controversial TItle IX proposed rules, House Republicans have attached a provision to the U.S. Education Department (USDE) FY2024 appropriations bill, The provision would block the agency from using its funding to implement protections for LGBTQ+ students. The bill calls would also prohibit any of…
