On December 5, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter asking some Office for Civil Rights (OCR) employees, who have been put on administrative leave since March 21, 2025 to return to work by the end of December 2025 to prioritize the OCR’s current caseload of discrimination complaints.…
On December 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced its plan to join a lawsuit against Virginia’s Loudoun County School Board for alleged religious discrimination after two Christian high school boys were suspended for complaining about a transgender student in their locker room. The case, S.W. et al.…
On December 8, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Little v. Llano County, a Texas case that could have decided the constitutionality of book bans in public libraries. Thus, the justices left in place a lower court ruling allowing state and local governments to make decisions on book…
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has launched a new disclosure feature that warns students who fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) if they’re interested in colleges whose graduates have relatively low earnings, the agency said Monday. According to a December 8, 2025 statement by U.S.…
On December 2, 2025, the U.S. House Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade subcommittee held a hearing to discuss almost 20 bills seeking to address the harm social media poses to children and teens.Although various pieces of legislation on updated federal protections for children and teens online have been pending for years,…
As a result of a November 18, 2025 announcement by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) that said it was developing interagency agreements with other federal agencies to support six programs, an amended lawsuit was filed on December 2, 2025 claiming that the USDE’s plans are illegal and harmful to…
A negotiating committee convened by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) agreed to a recent proposal that excludes education from being considered a “professional degree,” according to the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. A lowered cap on federal student loans available to certain graduate students was approved in…
According to a November 25, 2025 announcement by the U.S. Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS), comments from the public are being accepted regarding a new federal tax credit program that will provide funds for K-12 services. The public comment period, which ends December 26. 2025, seeks input…
Moving control of federal career, technical, and adult education from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) as part of an agreement earlier this year was meant to centralize and streamline government workforce programs. However, critics say issues with accessing federal career and technical…
On Nov. 29, the landmark Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) turns 50. President Gerald Ford signed the legislation, originally known as the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, guaranteeing students with disabilities the right to a free and appropriate public education. Before then, no federal requirement existed that schools…
