The funding will help support paid internships for students working towards future careers in drug and alcohol treatment. It will also support the basic needs of some recently incarcerated students through the STEP-UP program.
Despite decades of broad bipartisan support, funding for the rural schools in heavily forested areas program expired in 2023 and was not renewed. The program provided nearly $34 million to California counties in 2024, a lifeline for rural schools without a strong tax base. Students from California traveled to Washington, D.C., to help push the lapsed bill over the finish line.
The Secure Rural Schools Act secures funding for rural communities. The payments, which had expired in fiscal year 2023, provide funding for schools, roads, public safety and fire prevention in rural areas.
Effective July 1, 2027, the two school districts will merge. Both schools will remain open
Nearly a dozen programs for vulnerable students and communities have ended their services through AmeriCorps. Hundreds of tutoring and mentoring positions in schools have also been eliminated, while funding disruptions have made it difficult to recruit and retain staff.
After a student suicide, McKinleyville Union School District has relied on federal funds to build support systems
All high school students, starting with this year’s freshmen class, were expected to be required to take an ethnic studies class in order to graduate. But the implementation of the “ethnic studies mandate” is contingent on being funded. There was no funding for it in this year’s state budget.
Reduction-in-force notices were sent to hundreds of staff at the U.S. Department of Education. Impacted staff primarily oversee programs supporting vulnerable student groups. Education leaders say they are shocked by the reductions, which will impact students with disabilities.
Teachers have come under scrutiny for speech made online and in classrooms
Social conservatives push for parents to opt-out children from LGBTQ+ materials and lessons
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