Political differences over K-12 school choice approaches, instructional priorities and student gender came up again and again in far-reaching discussions at the first full House Education and Workforce Committee hearing of the 118th Congress on February 8th. Titled ”American Education in Crisis,” the hearing also highlighted areas of agreement, including…
On February 3rd, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, along with Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, following a brouhaha over a since-disavowed September 2022 letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to the administration.In the letter, the organization asked…
The National Association of School Nurses offers an educational activity titled Immunization 101: A primer on school-recommended vaccinations, which provides school nurses a primer or refresher on school-required child/adolescent vaccinations. All states have vaccination requirements for children attending schools. These requirements are important tools for maintaining high vaccination coverage and…
Civil rights lawyers have expanded the scope of their class action lawsuit against the Fairfax County School Board and the Virginia Department of Education after more families came forward alleging the state had denied students their federally-mandated special education services. Law firms Susman Godfrey and Merritt Law, along with the…
The latest request to increase funding for K-12 received its answer in late December, when Congress passed appropriations for fiscal year 2023. Here are four charts to understand how Congress responded to the administration’s asks to bump K-12 funding in various areas. For more info, click here.
Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will chair the House Education and the Workforce Committee. She previously chaired the committee from 2017 to 2019. Foxx said in a statement that she will conduct vigorous and sustained oversight of the federal government, especially the Departments of Education and Labor, which will be among…
Congress has approved significant fiscal year 2023 increases for Title I programs in high-poverty schools, special education and community schools, with the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDE) pre-K-12 portion of $45 billion equaling a 5.6% increase over last year’s spending allocation. The legislation, signed by President Joe Biden on Dec.…
According to the National Association of School Nurses, school-located vaccine clinics (SLVs) are a strategy to improve the health of students. Thus, NASN and NASN's partners are providing resources regarding SLVs and other vaccine-related issues. To learn More and to access these resources, click here.
At a recent U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing on solutions to school gun violence and mass shootings, victims of the May massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and survivors of other mass shootings testified about their experiences on the day of and following these tragedies, while lawmakers disagreed…
The Interagency Task Force on Sexual Violence in Education (Task Force), created by the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA 2022 Reauthorization), presented its first report to Congress today. As required by the VAWA 2022 Reauthorization, the report focuses on recruiting, retaining, and training the Department of…
