The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has terminated several multimillion-dollar grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) following the association’s criticisms of the policies of the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr. The funding cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including fetal alcohol spectrum disorders…
A December 19, 2025 federal judge ruling ordered the permanent reinstatement of U.S. Department of Education (USDE) mental health grants in 16 states. According to the ruling in State of Washington v. U.S. Department of Education, the April 2025 cancellation of the school-based and professional development funding was unlawful. At…
On December 15, 2025, the U.S. House passed a bipartisan bill allowing schools to offer students whole milk and nondairy beverage options in school meal programs. The Senate passed the bill in November. Currently, school districts are currently permitted to only serve fat-free and low-fat milks in school meals due…
On December 12, 2025, bicameral and bipartisan legislation was filed in the House and Senate prohibiting the seclusion of students in schools and certain restraint practices would be banned. The Keeping All Students Safe Act bill would also provide grants to states to train school personnel to on how to…
On December 9, 2025 the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools for its teacher union agreement, which the USDE alleges racially discriminates because of its diversity efforts, including those aimed at recruiting and retaining Black men. In its lawsuit, the DOJ says the school…
On December 11, 2025, the U.S. House Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade subcommittee advanced 18 bills seeking to protect children and teens online. Two of those bills, COPPA 2.0, an update to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, and the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) have come to the forefront. COPPA 2.0…
As reported by K-12 Dive, on December 11, 2025 the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) announced new allocations for its mental health grants, which it revoked from over 200 original recipients earlier this year. The new funds come after the agency controversially revoked up to $1 billion under the same…
On December 10, 2025, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), along with all HELP Committee Democrats, called on Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to hold an immediate oversight hearing with Education Secretary Linda McMahon regarding the illegal transfer of dozens…
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.…
