Although the recently passed fiscal year 2026 (FY26) budget for the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) did not ban the outsourcing of certain education programs to other federal agencies, it strongly condemned and discouraged the transfer of key programs out of the USDE. The bicameral and bipartisan statement said that…
On February 17, 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced the dismissal of a 60-year-old desegregation case in Tennessee’s Dyersburg City Schools, continuing the Trump administration’s efforts to end school desegregation orders. A DOJ press release said that the school district “no longer operates as a…
Narrowing federal and state policies are fueling uncertainty about life after graduation for “unauthorized” immigrant students in high school, according to a new analysis from the Migration Policy Institute. For instance, most of today’s high-schoolers cannot qualify for the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which delays the deportation…
As reports of ICE on school grounds began to surface last spring, K-12 Dive asked DHS through a public records request to provide all instances of apprehensions on K-12 school grounds since the administration in January 2025 changed DHS policy to allow such enforcement. Before the policy change, schools, along…
The measles outbreak in South Carolina has been steadily increasing. As of January, 30, 2026, the state has confirmed 847 cases since the first case was reported in October 2025, making the outbreak bigger than the one in Texas, which started just over a year ago. Dr. Linda Bell, South…
On January 13, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) heard arguments concerning laws in West Virginia and Idaho that bar transgender students from participating in girls' or women's sports. In previous lower court rulings, lower court injunctions allowed an athlete form each state to continue to compete in sports. However,…
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 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…
On November 20, 2025, NAPSA joined more than 850 local, state and national organizations in releasing a joint commitment to support federal special education law and to protest any move that separates services for students with disabilities from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). That document lists shared principles and a…
In canceling funding for mental health grants, the Trump administration effectively ended programming for schools that were approved for such funding. At least $1 billion was lost in the cancellation of U.S. Department of Education mental health and professional demonstration grants across schools, districts, consortia and universities nationwide. Click here…
