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Florida could expand its school choice program under new measure(The Center Square) â Florida could expand school and funding choices again after a new bill advanced this week, although one critic says its funding restrictions could reduce program participation. Read More
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Georgia Republicans reaffirm commitment to school choice(The Center Square) â Georgia Senate Republicans have reaffirmed their support for a measure to create state-funded education savings accounts. The Senate Majority Caucus’s newly unveiled priorities for the 2024… Read More
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Florida Legislature considers measure to ease the process of converting public schools to charter schoolsFlorida Republicans have proposed two bills that would make it easier to convert traditional public schools into charters. The companion bills, HB 109 and… Read More
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Utah governor signs bill rolling back âdiversity, equity and inclusionâ programs(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Republican Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill Tuesday to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) departments at public universities and government-funded employers in the state,… Read More
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Iowa lawmakers advance religious freedom bill(The Center Square) â An Iowa House subcommittee advanced a bill Tuesday that would prevent religious discrimination in Iowa over the objections of some who said the bill could discourage… Read More
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Families to protest bill in Oklahoma attacking homeschool freedoms, parental rightsFamilies in Oklahoma are preparing to gather Feb. 6 at the stateâs Capitol to express concerns over recent legislation that seeks to limit their educational freedoms. Read More
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Bills in three states would bring fetal development video to public schoolsPro-life lawmakers in at least three states have proposed legislation that would require public schools to incorporate a video on fetal development into the standard health curriculum. Kentucky Rep. Nancy… Read More
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Kentucky lawmakers propose second, less restrictive pro-school choice constitutional amendmentEfforts to pave the way for school-choice are well underway in Kentucky. House Republicans introduced a bill Friday that would place school choice on the ballot in November, the second… Read More
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Maine quashes trans trafficking bill 12-0 with liberal sponsors joining to flip kill switchA joint committee in the Maine Legislature voted to kill a measure that would hand over to state courts custody of children for the purposes of sex change medicine. The… Read More
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Task force approves recommendations to lawmakers to fight maternal mortality(The Center Square) â A legislative task force this week finalized recommendations for lawmakers on addressing the stateâs high rates of maternal mortality and preterm births. The Nursing Maternal Mortality… Read More
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New Florida bill would fine parents for challenging more than 5 books in public schoolsFlorida lawmakers have introduced a bill that would fine parents and residents for challenging more than five books or instructional materials in a school year. House Bill… Read More
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Idaho voters support school choice, survey says(The Center Square) â A bill providing educational savings accounts for school choice failed last year to gain traction in the Idaho Legislature. Boise State University’s Eighth Annual Public Policy … Read More
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Gov. Whitmer wants taxpayers to foot bills for community college, preschool(The Center Square) â In her sixth State of The State address, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on lawmakers to offer free preschool for all 4-year-olds, two years of free… Read More
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âSend them to the poundâ: Oklahoma rep introduces bill to ban âfurriesâ from school, have them rounded up by âanimal controlâAn Oklahoma state representative introduced a bill last week that would ban so-called âfurriesâ from attending school. âFurries,â the New York Post says, are âa subculture… Read More
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Washington bill would require a convicted sex offender serve on state policy board(The Center Square) â A Washington bill would require a convicted sex offender be among the members of the State Sex Offender Policy Board, which would also be renamed âSex Offense… Read More
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Washington legislation would ban student cell phones in most cases(The Center Square) â Some Washington public school districts have already done it, but a bill being considered in Olympia this week would ban cell phones for students during the school day… Read More
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State legislatures are taking on gender ideology in first weeks of 2024(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Multiple state legislatures debated bills regarding transgender issues in the few first weeks of 2024, with the focus being on restroom access, sex-change surgeries for… Read More
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Civics reform introduced in Wisconsin, but state education department, Democrats, refuse to get on boardWisconsinâs top educrats and Democrats are opposed to requiring patriotic civics classes in the stateâs public schools. Assembly Bill 898 would require the Wisconsin Department of… Read More
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Washington Senate passes bill mandating LGBT curricula in public schoolsA Washington state bill to mandate âinclusive,â DEI-inspired school curricula has been passed by the Senate, even though opponents believe it will drive more parents away from public schools. SB 5462,… Read More
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New Hampshire lawmakers propose expanding education freedom programFour school choice expansion bills were considered by the New Hampshire House Education Committee this week. All four bills would reform the stateâs Education Freedom Account… Read More