Legislation
Ohio moves ahead with removing power from state school board(The Center Square) â Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine planned to move ahead Monday afternoon with moving control of the stateâs education system from the school board to his office. In… Read More
Christian Schools
Red state board approves contract for first religious charter school(The Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved a contract Monday for the countryâs first religious charter school, according to The Washington Post. The… Read More
Public Education
Denver Public Schools appears to have paid hush money to prevent board VP from suing, newly released document revealsColoradoâs largest school district secretly signed an agreement with its board vice president to prevent him from suing. The revelation comes after the district released a copy of the settlement… Read More
Legislation
New California law cuts local school board control over educational content(The Center Square) â California governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law that would significantly reduce the ability of local school boards to shape local curriculums, even within… Read More
Public Education
Moms for Liberty offers new toolkit on how to win school board electionsÂOver half of school board candidates endorsed by Moms for Liberty won their elections around the country in 2022. Now, the parental rights organization is releasing a school board campaign… Read More
Legislation
California legislature passes measures to reduce school board power(The Center Square) â The California legislature passed several bills aimed at reducing the power of school boards, from cutting their power to determine curriculum content, to removing their ability… Read More
Culture
Virginia Tech DEI directorâs effort to oppose pro-Youngkin school board candidates may have crossed a line(The Daily Signal) â A diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at a leading university in southwestern Virginia may have violated her schoolâs policy by using work email to… Read More
Public Education
Chaos ensues in the middle of county school board vote on âparental notificationâ as leftists march out in protest(Daily Caller News Foundation) â An Orange County, California, school board meeting on a proposed âparental notificationâ policy ended in chaos Thursday, with left-wing school board members walking out in… Read More
Public Education
Ohio school board member gives Nazi salute to board president during meetingSchool board meeting attendees were left in shock after two members got into an argument that resulted in one member giving the other a sarcastic Nazi salute. During the monthly… Read More
Public Education
Clashes erupt as number of school districts with gender notification policies in California doubles overnight(The Center Square) â Two more school boards adopted parental notification rules for gender changes, making them the third and fourth school districts in the California to do so. The same… Read More
Public Education
Ethics Commission: No conflict of interest if school board member also works for teachers’ union(The Sentinel) â Shawnee Heights School Board Member Lauren Tice Millerâs additional responsibility as Director of Legislative and Political Advocacy for the Kansas Chapter of the National Education Association (KNEA)… Read More
Public Education
School board fires teacher after parents complain about âSatan worshipâ social media posts(Daily Caller News Foundation) â An Illinois school board fired an art teacher Sunday after parents complained the educator was posting about âSatan worshipâ and violence on social media, according… Read More
Courts
Michigan contractor sentenced to prison for school bribery scheme(The Center Square) â A former contractor with a metro Detroit school district was sentenced to two years in federal prison for bribing a former school board president to secure… Read More
Courts
Judge sides with father who school board removed from meeting(The Daily Signal) â A U.S. district court judge in Texas upheld a fatherâs claims that school board members and police violated his constitutional rights when they forcibly… Read More
Public Education
Arkansas school board gives preliminary green light to school safety rules(The Center Square) â New school safety rules created as part of the Arkansas LEARNS Act will soon be available for public comment, pending the governor’s approval. Lawmakers included school… Read More
Public Education
‘Failed attempt to undermine an election’: Recall of conservative Kansas school board member fails(The Sentinel) â Supporters of a campaign to oust USD 453 board member Vanessa Reid failed to gather the required number of signatures on a petition to place a recall election… Read More
Public Education
Maine school member denounces âpervasive DEI agenda,â pivots to school choice advocacyA Maine school board member has resigned after she says her district fell prey to a âpervasive DEI agendaâ that undermines parents. Jameson Davis, a school board member for Regional… Read More
Public Education
Hillsdale-affiliated charter school fights back against Tennessee school boardâs âlack of integrityâ ÂA struggling public school district in Tennessee has nonetheless rejected the application of a Hillsdale-affiliated charter school â but the education reformers are fighting back. American Classical Education (ACE) is… Read More
Culture
Pro-LGBTQ radicals threaten to kill, âdismemberâ school board chief over parental rights policy(The Daily Signal) â A local school board president in California has been inundated with threats that left-wing activists will dismember her, kill her children, and slaughter her pets. Her… Read More
Culture
School Board that recently flipped conservative revokes âanti-racismâ policy(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A school board that recently flipped to a conservative majority rescinded an anti-racism resolution Thursday that was enacted in 2020 following the death of George… Read More