A January 27, 2025 memo issued by the federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) serves as a Q&A document to shed light on the impacts regarding the pause in federal funding. While this is a developing situation, the clicking on this attachment will help provide clarification that Medicaid is…
On January 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced that it is eliminating its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a move tied to President Donald Trump’s directives to purge DEI from the federal government. The USDE said it has “removed or archived” hundreds of outward-facing documents, including…
In a January 24, 2025 statement, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) rescinded all guidance that said school districts could violate civil rights law by implementing book bans. The statement said that removing “age-inappropriate” books from schools is a decision that should be made by parents…
Education associations and immigration advocacy groups have been evaluating what a January 21st U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) directive that lifted the practice of avoiding immigration enforcement at locations where students gather would actually mean to schools. In a message posted to its website on Jan. 21, The School…
On the day of his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed several executive orders to eliminate efforts to provide protections for LGBTQ+ students and increase educational access for Hispanic, Native American, and Black students. In one executive order, Trump directed the U.S. government to only recognize two sexes — male and…
On January 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lifted the practice of avoiding immigration enforcement at locations where students gather. In fact, according to DHS, schools are no longer off limits for immigration enforcement operations since elementary and secondary schools, colleges, hospitals, and churches will no longer…
On January 8, 2025. U.S. Ed. Sec. Miguel Cardona sent a letter to Chief State School Officers, Administrators of Lead Agencies, School District Administrators, and Early Childhood Program and School Leaders reminding them of their collective responsibility to ensure that all children are educated in learning environments that are safe,…
Miguel Cardona, the nation’s 12th education secretary, led the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) since the spring of 2021, at a time when only about half of public school students had returned to full-time, in-person learning due to COVID-19 closures. Regardless, he set high goals for student academic achievement, expansion…
Among remembrances of former president Jimmy Carter is his signing of S. 210 on October 17, 1979, which created the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and became operational in May of 1980. In creating the USDE, Congress said the intention of the agency was to strengthen equal education opportunities for…
According to a report by the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) participation in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) increased by almost 19% during the 2023-24 school year as half of all National School Lunch Program (NSLP) schools now use the provision that lets low-income schools serve free meals to…
