Trump Administration
Federal civil rights officials are cracking down on “pass the trash” practices in school districts nationwide. Jeffco Public Schools has a separate dispute with the Trump administration over policies that support transgender students.
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The program could raise billions for schools, but some elected officials say it should focus on helping the neediest students.
The tax credit launches in 2027 and could become one of the largest sources of federal funding for schools.
The Education Department’s return to 2020 rules cements a polarizing approach to campus sexual assault investigations and LGBTQ student protections.
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Immigrant families in Queens face rising anxiety over ICE arrests near schools as deportations peak during the second Trump administration.
The U.S. education secretary sent an Aug. 3 letter to universities asking for public answers to questions about free speech, response to protests, research, and admissions.
The Trump administration has canceled teen pregnancy prevention grants for three New York organizations as it shifts to boosting an abstinence-based approach to sex ed.
Moving special education oversight to Health and Human Services appears to have spurred a Senate committee vote to reverse some of Trump’s moves to break up the Education Department.
Roughly $50 million is on the line after the Office for Civil Rights found Jeffco in violation of Title IX. The district says the feds got key facts wrong and are misapplying the law.
The Education Department said the investigation will be one of many focused on parents’ rights to object to LGBTQ-related classroom materials and lessons.
The Justice Department can ‘cherry pick’ cases that align with President Donald Trump’s political priorities. Now it’s taking on a larger role in school civil rights enforcement.
An advocacy group is raising concerns about what it says is the lack of federal oversight. The Education Department disputes the idea that it isn’t looking out for students.
The Supreme Court said states can bar transgender athletes from women’s and girls' sports. That’s not the end of the story.
“This is a new way of doing business,” a former attorney for the federal Office for Civil Rights said.
At risk is more than $90 million in federal funding for Jeffco’s 74,000 students, the district said.
Top Education Department officials told Chalkbeat that a sweeping reorganization is like a pilot program to show Congress students will do better without a dedicated federal agency.
Parents and disability advocates say moving key special education oversight to the Department of Health and Human Services was not a surprise, but it flies in the face of what they told Education Department officials.
Advocates for students with disabilities have been fighting the move for over a year, hoping overwhelming opposition might stop the Trump administration’s plans to move key oversight out of the U.S. Department of Education.