Published May 18th, 2022
Louisiana Supreme Court dismisses criminal charges against pastor for defying COVID-19 restrictions
(The Center Square) — The Louisiana Supreme Court has dismissed criminal charges against a pastor who defied Gov. John Bel Edwards’ coronavirus restrictions in 2020.…
Published May 11th, 2022
Louisiana Senate passes Reading Education Savings Account program bill
(The Center Square) – A bill to create a Reading Education Savings Account Program for struggling students cleared the Louisiana Senate. Lawmakers approved Senate Bill…
Published May 9th, 2022
Louisiana House passes bill to require schools to inform parents about immunization exemptions
(The Center Square) – A bill to require Louisiana schools to inform students and parents about exemptions from school immunizations cleared the House this week.…
Published May 6th, 2022
Louisiana House passes education savings account bill for disabled students
(The Center Square) – Legislation to create Education Savings Accounts for students with exceptionalities passed the Louisiana House. Lawmakers voted 91-1 to approve House Bill 194,…
Published May 2nd, 2022
Louisiana House committee approves school finance transparency bill
(The Center Square) — The Louisiana House Education Committee approved legislation this week to increase transparency of school finances by requiring school districts to post…
Published April 28th, 2022
Louisiana House committee approves two school choice-related bills
(The Center Square) — Bills to give parents of certain students more educational options gained approval from the House Committee on Appropriations, while another broader…
Published April 27th, 2022
Bipartisan panel says changes need to be made to North Carolina’s education system
(The Center Square) — The Hunt-Lee commission — a bipartisan panel of lawmakers, business, philanthropic and education leaders — have released a report outlining needed…
Published April 26th, 2022
Louisiana Senate committee clears bill that could end income reporting for merit-based scholarship
(The Center Square) — A bill to eliminate reporting of family income for Louisiana’s merit-based scholarship program has cleared the Senate Committee on Education. Committee…
Published April 21st, 2022
Parents’ Bill of Rights proposed by North Carolina policy group
(The Center Square) – A North Carolina think tank is proposing a Parents’ Bill of Rights to give parents more authority in their children’s education.…
Published April 21st, 2022
Louisiana bill requiring athletes to compete according to biological sex passes Senate
(The Center Square) — Legislation to require transgender student athletes to compete on teams that correspond to their biological gender gained approval by the Senate…
Published April 6th, 2022
Law that allows North Carolina towns to create charter schools in the clear after court decision
(The Center Square) – The North Carolina Court of Appeals has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a state law that allows towns in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School…
Published March 21st, 2022
GOP leaders look to squash union’s ‘burdensome’ ways in North Carolina school-choice case
(The Center Square) – Republicans in the General Assembly want the North Carolina Court of Appeals to halt proceedings in a lower court challenge to…
Published March 11th, 2022
Failed veto override means North Carolina school mask decisions remain with districts
(The Center Square) – An attempt by North Carolina Senate Republicans to override a veto by Gov. Roy Cooper to make masks optional in schools…
Published March 9th, 2022
Louisiana higher ed officials explain why they want more state money
(The Center Square) — Louisiana higher education officials testified before the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, fielding questions on requested increases in student aid, a…
Published March 8th, 2022
Education spending, literacy among topics covered in Louisiana budget meeting
(The Center Square) – Officials with the Louisiana Department of Education testified Monday on the governor’s proposed budget in the House Committee on Appropriations, where…
Published March 1st, 2022
Head Start teachers in 3 states suing over Biden administration’s COVID vaccination mandate
(The Center Square) — Head Start teachers in Louisiana, Ohio and Virginia are suing the Biden administration over a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination mandate for the…
Published February 22nd, 2022
Pennsylvania Republicans demand 2021 student test results
(The Center Square) – Republicans in the General Assembly are demanding the Pennsylvania Department of Education release student test results from 2021 to incorporate the…
Published February 18th, 2022
Louisiana lawmaker wants to require schools to post class materials online
(The Center Square) – At least one Louisiana lawmaker wants to give parents a better understanding of what their children are learning in school. State…
Published February 16th, 2022
Report: School-choice demand shows why Pennsylvania lawmakers should expand programs
(The Center Square) — A new report is highlighting the record-high demand for Pennsylvania’s school-choice programs as evidence lawmakers in Harrisburg should consider better ways…
