Category: Education

July 10, 2024

Starting in the upcoming 2024-25 school year, new requirements are going into effect for elementary school recess in California, including at charter schools. These changes will impact public schools that offer recess in kindergarten through grade 6, unless the school […]

June 24, 2024

Though the new version of the form to apply for federal financial student aid has had its fair share of highly publicized hiccups, Under Secretary of Education James Kvaal says the department has made a lot of progress in the […]

June 11, 2024

ChatGPT quickly became unavoidable in higher education after its release in 2022. While the artificial intelligence chatbot can be a valuable tool on college campuses, it also raises serious concerns – such as widespread student cheating and data privacy issues. […]

May 21, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court will not be taking up a legal challenge to the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system’s policy on gender identity first drafted in the 2020-2021 school year. A group of Montgomery County parents and their attorneys […]

April 16, 2024

President Joe Biden’s latest plan for student loan cancellation is moving forward as a proposed regulation, offering him a fresh chance to deliver on a campaign promise and energize young voters ahead of the November election. The Education Department on […]

March 14, 2024

Students across Missouri could have access to scholarships for private schooling through an expanded tax credit program passed Thursday in the GOP-led state Senate. Senators voted 19-10 to pass the sweeping education bill, an approval earned after weeks of bipartisan […]

January 30, 2024

Educational institutions are no stranger to the limelight, particularly when it comes to politics and the priorities of state lawmakers. As shown by the following overview of pending bills and legislation, education will continue to be a hot topic for […]

January 12, 2024

The Biden administration will start canceling student loans for some borrowers in February as part of a new repayment plan that’s taking effect nearly six months ahead of schedule. Loan forgiveness was originally set to begin in July under the […]

December 20, 2023

The White House recently announced that approximately 813,000 borrowers whose accounts were adjusted in August 2023 will receive an email from President Biden that their loans are being forgiven. This is based on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) undertaking […]

December 12, 2023

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned all state colleges and universities that failing to crack down on antisemitism on their campus is a violation of the state’s Human Rights Law and will result in “aggressive enforcement action.” Hochul wrote a […]

November 9, 2023

On November 6, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected a challenge to a 1970 amendment to the Michigan Constitution that prohibits payment of “public monies” to private schools. Believing that the 1970 amendment, Michigan Constitution […]

November 5, 2023

The rise in antisemitism at several American universities has led some Republican presidential hopefuls to call for the removal of federal funds from the colleges whose officials refuse to handle the issue appropriately. Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania […]

November 1, 2023

Teachers in Portland, Oregon, walked off the job on Wednesday for the first day of a strike that shuttered schools for some 45,000 students in Oregon’s largest city. Concerns over large class sizes, salaries that haven’t kept up with inflation […]

October 30, 2023

The Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief plan that would target specific groups of borrowers — those with soaring interest, for example — rather than a sweeping plan like the one the Supreme Court rejected in […]

September 22, 2023

President Joe Biden’s education chief said he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving admissions preference to the children of alumni and donors. In an interview with The Associated Press, […]

September 7, 2023

As students all over the world return to school after the summer break, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Thursday issued its first public guidance on generative artificial intelligence, urging government agencies to address the disruptions caused […]

August 15, 2023

Last week Pullman & Comley released its annual comprehensive summary of legislation affecting Connecticut schools, which can be read here. Included below is our initial take on the key policy and procedural impacts as a result of this year’s legislation. […]

August 11, 2023

Agroup of House Republicans is looking to institute a hiring freeze at the Education Department, joining a chorus of conservative lawmakers and politicians putting the agency in their crosshairs. The Fostering Resource Efficiency in Education by Zero Employment (FREEZE) Act […]

August 3, 2023

North Dakota lawmakers and higher education leaders are beginning to chart a path for how to respond to neighboring Minnesota’s upcoming program that will offer income-based free tuition to thousands of students. Higher education leaders on Wednesday detailed the situation […]

July 10, 2023

On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Biden v. Nebraska, striking down the Department of Education’s (DOE) student loan debt relief program (announced in August and covered by InfoBytes here) that would have provided between […]