A bill banning cell phones in school for kids in K-8 is one step closer to becoming law
While some people like the idea of a school cell phone ban, others see the benefits of letting students have some access to their phones.
Illinois parents, lawmakers sound alarm over proposed homeschooling bill: 'Direct assault on families'
Conservative lawmakers in the Prairie State have expressed concern about a bill, known as HB2827, that could drastically ...
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Aetna Presents Grant Check to South Florida Student-Led Non-Profit
MIAMI LAKES, Fla. - Aetna Better Health of Florida CEO Jennifer Sweet presented a $3,000 grant check to Virtutem Populo, Inc.
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Texas Senate passes school prayer bill
AUSTIN, Texas (CN) — The Texas Senate passed a bill Tuesday permitting schools to allow students to take time during school ...
Texas Senate approves bill to put prayers in public schools
The Texas Senate passed Senate Bill 11, allowing school districts to adopt a policy requiring students and employees to have ...
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Port: There is nothing unconstitutional about funding private schools with public dollars
First, Article VIII, Section 5 is almost comically unconstitutional. If a state is going to make public dollars available for ...
What a legal battle over Title IX could mean for Maine
Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education, does not explicitly address transgender ...
Controversial policy on library resources passes at Pine-Richland School District
The Pine-Richland School Board voted to approve a policy change on library resources which had the crowd at the meeting ...
Southland high school leaders express mixed feelings on harsher classroom cellphone policies
Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 and Orland High School District 230 already have their own cellphone policies.
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Which States Are Challenging Undocumented Students’ Right to Free Education
States are reviving efforts to challenge the 1982 Plyler v. Doe ruling that guarantees undocumented students a free, public ...
Will it be easier to kick Texas’ littlest kids out of school? Lawmakers may weaken ban
A House priority bill undercuts previous reforms aimed at ensuring young children can remain in school except under the most ...
How Texas students, teachers could be impacted by a school discipline overhaul
About a decade ago, Texas’ public schools suspended more than 100,000 students in pre-K through second grade. Faced with this data, lawmakers in 2017 banned out-of-school suspensions for these ...