Policy & Legal: Page 65

  • Meta Youth Safety Summit
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    Meta calls for increased regulation of child safety online

    The social media giant wants more coordinated action after its first-ever Youth Safety and Well-Being Summit.

    By Andrew Hutchinson • Jan. 11, 2023
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    Panel: Trauma of preschool suspensions, expulsions is long-lasting

    Teacher, family and student supports are needed to end exclusionary discipline of young children, speakers said in a Hunt Institute webinar.

    By • Jan. 10, 2023
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from K-12 Dive

    K-12 Dive has gathered some a selection of our best coverage from 2025 so far as a one-stop resource on the trends to watch in the months ahead.

    By K-12 Dive staff
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    Louisiana superintendent calls for removing TikTok from school devices

    TikTok’s “lack of data privacy measures are extremely concerning,” said the state’s superintendent of education in a memo advising schools to ban the app.

    By • Jan. 10, 2023
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    Virginia Foxx reclaims chair of House education committee

    North Carolina Republican promises vigorous oversight of the federal government and stopping the Biden administration's regulatory agenda.

    By Rick Seltzer , • Jan. 10, 2023
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    States eye universal school meals ahead of legislative sessions

    With little hope in an immediate federal pathway to secure free school meals for all, states are increasingly looking to institute their own policies.

    By • Jan. 9, 2023
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    Obtaining Medicaid billing consent burdensome to staff, concerning to parents

    Recent federal efforts to improve Medicaid school-based services and administrative processes have advocates hopeful.

    By • Jan. 5, 2023
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    8 K-12 trends to watch in 2023

    Academic recovery, family engagement, cyberthreats and school security concerns are among challenges coming at school leaders from all sides.

    By , , , • Jan. 4, 2023
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    K-12 federal funding sees 5.6% increase for FY 2023

    Title I — the largest of the K-12 federal funding programs — will receive a $850 million increase over FY 2022 for a total of $18.4 billion.

    By • Jan. 4, 2023
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    BY THE NUMBERS

    By The Numbers: How districts are spending ESSER funds

    In states' FY 2021, district subgrants for spending or planned spending equaled just over half of all federal COVID-19 emergency funding for K-12.

    By • Jan. 4, 2023
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    North Carolina district goes back to serving alternative meals

    In the wake of pandemic-era universal meals ending, Guilford County Schools has accrued $111,627 in student meal debt and aims to slow the growth.

    By • Dec. 22, 2022
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    School shootings reach unprecedented high in 2022

    There’s been an on-campus shooting ‘pretty much every single school day’ this fall, the founder of the K-12 School Shooting Database said.

    By , • Dec. 21, 2022
  • Masked school children wait to have their portraits taken during picture day at Rogers International School on September 23, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.
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    Amid ‘tripledemic’ concerns, some schools revisit masking rules

    Philadelphia schools are bringing back a temporary indoor mask requirement when students return to class in January.

    By • Dec. 21, 2022
  • Transgender student Andraya Yearwood sits on outdoor steps and smiles
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    Title IX athlete case decided in favor of transgender students

    A Connecticut school policy allowing transgender athletes to play on teams aligning with their gender identities could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

    By • Dec. 20, 2022
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    OCR probe leads to changes in restraint, seclusion practices in Virginia program

    The Southeastern Cooperative Education Programs did not reevaluate students after multiple incidents of restraint, seclusion, OCR found.

    By • Dec. 20, 2022
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    More adults say parents shouldn’t have to vaccinate children for MMR

    Though a majority of adults still support school vaccine requirements for measles, mumps and rubella, the percentage has declined since 2019.

    By • Dec. 19, 2022
  • Witnesses face House lawmakers during a hearing on the Uvalde mass shooting in a Congressional committee room.
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    Democrats push gun control in school shooting hearing as Republicans cite religion, family failures

    Both parties worried about a lack of bipartisan agreement over firearm violence in schools during a House hearing on Uvalde and other mass shootings.

    By • Dec. 16, 2022
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    Little Rock School District approves $250K payment in ransomware settlement

    Federal agencies including the FBI discourage paying ransoms in such cyberattacks as there is no guarantee victims’ files will be recovered.

    By • Dec. 16, 2022
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    With universal school meals gone, districts and families take on more debt

    Some districts are looking to donors to alleviate meal debt funds before they have to rely on other school funds to pay off balances.

    By • Dec. 16, 2022
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    FCC seeks public comment on its role in school cybersecurity

    The agency is asking for feedback on how its E-rate program could expand to cover cybersecurity improvements, such as advanced firewalls.

    By • Dec. 15, 2022
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    California considers mandating naloxone in schools to prevent opioid deaths

    The proposal follows the state superintendent’s warning that fentanyl is the fastest growing cause of death for young people in the state.

    By • Dec. 13, 2022
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    Will the FCC reevaluate E-rate’s role in school cybersecurity protections?

    In a letter to the agency, Rep. Doris Matsui said the FCC should revisit its “abilities and limitations” to combat cybersecurity threats in schools. 

    By • Dec. 13, 2022
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    Completion higher for alternative teacher prep programs affiliated with higher ed

    In 2019-20, 34% of enrollees completed university-based programs compared to 14% for programs not affiliated with colleges, a new analysis shows.

    By • Dec. 12, 2022
  • Supreme Court Allows Texas Six Week Abortion Ban To Stand
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    Oklahoma attorney general walks back predecessor’s religious charter approval

    Attorney General Gentner Drummond wrote that he feared the prior opinion would be used as a basis for taxpayer-funded religious schools.

    By • Updated Feb. 27, 2023
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    Ed Dept updates ESSER FAQ as spending reaches halfway mark

    The document provides more details on allowable expenditures but no additions on spending deadline extensions for the final two aid allocations.

    By • Dec. 9, 2022
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    Onlookers say politics ‘undermined’ Ed Department’s family engagement council

    After the National Parents and Families Engagement Council disbanded, some represented groups blame politics for its demise —but they’re not giving up.

    By • Dec. 8, 2022