Law And Policy
- Ohio lawmakers consider bill to require teaching capitalism in financial literacy courses
- Ohio governor breaks ranks to veto bill banning healthcare for trans minors
- A Missouri law forbids pregnant women from divorce. A proposed bill looks to change that.
- HOA, condo daycare prohibition bans considered by Minnesota lawmakers
- Kentucky House passes legislation aimed at curbing unruliness on school buses
- An end to ‘springing forward’? Laws to abolish daylight saving time proposed in these states
- Florida Sues OpenAI, Claims ChatGPT Puts Children at Risk
- Idaho Law Expanding Indecent Exposure Definition Sparks Child Protection and Safeguarding Debate
- New Georgia Law Restricts Student Phone Use to Strengthen Classroom Safety
- Kansas Education Shake-Up: House Approves Mandatory Civics Test for High School Graduation
- Kansas Sparks Outrage After Passing Controversial Law Targeting School Walkouts and Student Protests
- Child Safety or Thought Control? Social Media Ban Debate Sparks Fears of Government Censorship
- Alabama Lawmakers Approve Sweeping Sex Education Overhaul, Mandating Abstinence-Only Instruction and Banning Contraceptive Guidance
- Missouri Law Bars Judges From Delaying Divorces Over Pregnancy, Sparking Child Safeguarding Debate
- Birthright Citizenship Debate Raises Child Protection Concerns as Supreme Court Reviews Potential Impact on Newborns
- Virginia Bill Strengthens Child Abuse Reporting Penalties Amid Concerns Over Hospital Accountability
- Louisiana Bill Seeks to Dismantle DCFS, Reshape State’s Child Protection System
- Rep. Nancy Mace Introduces Bill to Make Death Penalty Possible in Federal Child Sexual Abuse Cases
- TeacherFIRE Ignites as Teddy Bridgewater’s Reaction to the “Teddy Bridgewater Bill” Reinforces Safeguarding and Care Over Credit
- Living the TeacherFIRE Revolution: How Bridgewater’s Care for Players Reached the Florida Senate
- Missouri Lawmakers Advance Bill to Boost Daily Physical Activity in Schools, Framing It as a Child Health Safeguard
- Hawley Confronts Netflix CEO in Heated Senate Showdown Over Gender Themes in Youth Programming
- South Carolina Bill to Eliminate Grade Floors Puts Students’ Right to Meaningful Education in Focus
- Trump Administration to Revoke Passports of Parents Behind on Child Support
- Lawmakers Say Enough Is Enough as Pennsylvania Advances Total School Phone Ban
- Parents Could Go to Jail If Their Children Spark Massive Teen Brawls, New Jersey Law Makes Waves
- Trump’s $1,000 Trump Accounts for Babies Ignite a Financial Frenzy as Tax Season Kicks Off
- Why Garland ISD Still Operates Under a Federal Desegregation Order—and Why the Trump Administration Is Moving to End It
- Tennessee Senators Introduce Bill Targeting Violent Juvenile Crime
- Gov. Reynolds signs executive order requiring E-Verify use for all state departments
- California enacts law to prevent sexual abuse in K-12 schools following Business Insider investigation
- Judge denies Planned Parenthood’s request to halt Nevada parental notification law
- Revised Missouri law adds protection against online predators
- Texas children camps must remove cabins from floodplains, operate warning systems under new laws
- Louisiana Becomes First State in Nation to Allow Judges to Order Surgical Castration for Sex Offenders
- In California, parents may lose custody of the child if they resist gender transition
- California governor signs executive order to support boys and men and improve their mental health
- NJ bill would expand full health coverage to undocumented pregnant women and infants
- AB 665: Children: consent to mental health services
- It took years of protests, and Kansas Sen. Bob Dole, to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act
- DeSantis signs law allowing death penalty for child rape, defying US Supreme Court ruling
- New West Virginia law increases penalties for child abuse, neglect
- New national school voucher program included in ‘big, beautiful’ law, with no cap on cost
- Red state now offers preferred parking for pregnant women
- Zoey’s Law: Limit on Prince George’s police pursuits sought after child’s death
- Texas students’ cell phones banned from schools under new law
- Is It a Crime To Let Your Child Walk Alone? In Georgia, Parents See New Legal Protections.
- Texas governor signs bill requiring Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms
- Pennsylvania House passes bill clarifying legal parent-child relationship when using a surrogate
- Hawley, Durbin Reintroduce Bill Combatting Online Child Sexual Abuse Material
- US Supreme Court upholds Tennessee prohibition on gender-affirming care for children
- Child grooming law to go into effect July 1
- Ayotte signs bills to eliminate school voucher income cap and codify parental rights
- Education bill to improve student discipline passes in Texas
- ICYMI: President Trump Signs TAKE IT DOWN Act into Law
- Morrisey signs bill allowing teachers to remove students from class
- Tennessee bill to extend foster care benefits to adults 18 to 23 unanimously passes House, Senate
- West Virginia Governor signs school discipline bill into law, outlining school discipline procedures for violent and threatening behavior in the classroom
- Parents’ concerns prompt legislative action on sober living home rules in Hamilton County
- Tennessee law passes to not require childcare licensing
- Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants
- All work restrictions would be lifted on 16- and 17-year-olds in Florida under new bill
- Idaho Considers Legislation To Force Bible Into Classrooms
- Oklahoma senate passes bill prohibiting cellphone usage in schools
- Washington County Moms for Liberty opposes newly introduced Freedom to Read Act
- Bill before Oregon Legislature would fund early childhood ‘hubs’ to support parents and babies
- Bill advancing in Senate makes manipulating children for prostitution illegal
- Colorado Senate passes bill to help ease teacher shortage
- Renewed push to reshape ethnic studies with oversight and new standards
- Oklahoma House approves bills to accept Classic Learning Test, remove chronic absenteeism metric
- WV Senate passes elementary student discipline bill, state teachers union calls measure ‘great step’
- GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions
- Bill to deregulate Idaho daycares prompts emotional testimony in committee hearing
- Gordon To Sign Bill To Provide $7,000 Per Child School Vouchers For K-12
- Texas senators consider ‘parental rights’ bills to end DEI in schools
- State Senator Against Childcare Bill
- Gov. Whitmer to propose banning cell phones in classrooms during State of State
- Governor signs universal school voucher bill, calling it ‘remarkable achievement for Wyoming’
- Idaho Gov. Little’s office received more than 32,000 requests to veto House Bill 93
- Pennsylvania lawmakers introduce bill to eliminate school meal debt, provide free lunch
- House widely passes child care facility de-regulation bill
- Idaho Governor Signs $50 Million Private School Choice Bill into Law
- Governor Little signs bill boosting Idaho education options for families
- Washington Legislature looks to strengthen school safety with new penalties
- Republican lawmaker files bills to ban DEI in Texas K-12 public schools
- Bill to allow school boards to decide number of instructional days passes committee
- Alabama Lawmakers Kill Bill to Punish Parents Who Fail to Prevent Kids From Bringing Guns to School
- West Virginia could bring back corporal punishment in schools
- West Virginia lawmakers want to place the Ten Commandments in classrooms
- How Maryland legislators would fix the child care workforce shortage
- Kindergarteners Could Learn Gun Safety in School Under a Bill Gaining Momentum in Utah
- West Virginia bill would require a moment of silence at the beginning of each school day
- Lawmakers consider parental approval for kids’ social media usage
- Gov. JB Pritzker signs law to make it easier for children’s relatives to become foster parents
- Trump signs order aiming to bar transgender athletes from female school sport
- School cell phone ban passes Arkansas Senate committee
- Republicans push to make electric school bus mandate optional
- Trump signs order restricting gender care for young people
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Texas Senate will pass bill providing tax dollars for students to attend private school
- Kids Online Safety Act Could Leave Homeschooled Kids Without Crucial Resources
- Child Tax Credit Change Would Make Millions of People No Longer Eligible
- Oklahoma lawmakers have cut preschool funding. To improve outcomes, it’s time to reverse that trend
- Hochul proposes largest increase on record for child tax credit
- Proposed bill would dissolve IPS and 4 other Indiana school districts
- Portland Public Schools Establishes Districtwide “Off and Away All Day” Phone Policy
- New policies begin as LAUSD students head back to school
- New rule targets baby gates in Maine daycares to ensure clear evacuation paths
- Murrill: Guidance for schools on Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law coming this week
- Alabama’s newest laws: What child care tax credits, grants will mean for families in 2025
- New York enacts new laws to improve family life and health care in 2025
- New California law takes aim at homework burden on students
- Texas school district backtracks on removing Bibles to meet new law on ‘sexually explicit’ materials: ‘Wrong and likely illegal’
- New Year, new laws: Georgia’s school vouchers expand, voting rules tighten for homeless
- Santa Ana Unified School District passes proposal to layoff hundreds of employees
- Oklahoma’s Education Head Seeks to Impose Rule Targeting Undocumented Students
- Portland Public Schools board to decide on district-wide cell phone policy early next year
- Contract for controversial entrance exam into ‘elite’ NYC public schools granted with panel vote
- Council to OK bill giving small NYC religious, private schools millions to hire guards
- Senate passes defense policy bill that bans gender-affirming care for transgender children of service members
- Oklahoma education department proposal would track immigration status upon enrollment
- Can minors have social media in Florida? What to know about new law coming Jan. 1
- KFOR wins legal case against Oklahoma State Department of Education
- In one-on-one interview, Governor Hochul says parents should expect ‘statewide policy’ that limits cell phone use in schools
- Defense bill bans transgender medical coverage for children in military families
- Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
- San Diego taking notes on child care funding measures passed across the state
- A newly proposed bipartisan legislation aims to address the nationwide shortage of childcare by enlisting support from the Pentagon
- Forty Years After ‘A Nation At Risk,’ Could Curriculum Reform Finally Spark Academic Improvement?
- Alex Jones Has Consented to Sell Off His Assets to Compensate Sandy Hook Families
- State approval of Louisiana home-school curricula could be erased
- Anchorage School Board: Student discipline policies to be reviewed after parents urge changes
- Parents challenge the Warwick school board regarding a clandestine meeting with a lawyer known for assisting schools in book bans
- ‘I put immense pressure on myself to secure a fair sentence for Wyatt’: Parents of four-month-old who died after a daycare incident share their thoughts following the sentencing.
- Mother claims she was subjected to a “dress code” violation during library story time for wearing a sweater and jeans, according to an exclusive report
- Father of special needs son appeals unique case to Supreme Court regarding attempt to record school meeting
- Virginia Governor Youngkin has modified a bill mandating schools to inform parents about student overdoses.
- Below are the steps for participating in Chicago’s Local School Council elections.
- A federal judge has temporarily halted the enforcement of a teacher pronoun restriction in Florida.
- Next year, Indianapolis Public Schools will undergo transportation adjustments. Here’s a preview of what’s ahead.
- Will North Carolina’s new reading program aid the few students with learning disabilities who are struggling to pass?
- A Mother Eagerly Anticipates her Son’s Placement in Free Childcare, Potentially Wishing his Life Away
- “writing to raise awareness about the city’s plans to reduce DC’s Early Childhood Educator Pay Equity Fund”
- The Ongoing Divorce Proceedings in Denton County Have the Potential to Significantly Alter the Landscape of IVF practices in Texas.
- Could Chicago school board members receive compensation? Advocates are pushing for approval from state lawmakers
- Unclear regulations in schools leading to millions of student suspensions.
- Lawsuit alleges Montana superintendent is ‘overstepping authority’ in charter school procedures
- The conviction for illegal voting, which could have resulted in a five-year prison sentence for a Texas mother, has been overturned
- A lawsuit alleges that a teacher covertly marketed his students’ artwork on mugs and shirts
- Teachers emphasize that the small portion of cases cannot be overlooked: Children who cause harm are returning to class following the enactment of the new suspension law
- Efforts persist in advocating for salary increases for teachers in Charleston County
- Legislation proposes state intervention in student discipline matters
- An Initial Examination of the Child Tax Credit Modifications in the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024
- Legislation proposes state intervention in student disciplinary matters
- What are the ways in which we can reform child protective services?
- A mother alleges that her daughter’s teacher requested payment for using the bathroom or visiting the nurse’s office during class
- The school board members in Marion County have given approval to a year-round schooling calendar
- Chicago is in the process of establishing an elected school board, and potential candidates are beginning to appear.
- The JCPS Board of Education postpones a proposal to eliminate busing from magnet and traditional schools.
- The Arizona Board of Education has declined regulations prohibiting the use of school voucher funds for “extravagant” purchases.
- Three men found guilty in the 1993 Cub Scout killings are set free.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has enacted a bill prohibiting children under 14 from possessing social media accounts.
- Child tax credit: Here’s how payments of $300 could come back monthly
- The Louisiana school superintendent talks about the implementation of a four-day model in light of a proposed bill advocating for a compulsory five-day school week.
- Child Tax Credit Expansion Could Benefit 16 Million Children, but Will It Pass in 2024?
- Education Department accused of ‘malicious negligence’ amid FAFSA issues
- Mom of child who fell in N.J. preschool playground settles claim for $45K
- DeSantis signs bills expanding prison sentences for undocumented migrants
- Proposal for ‘GI Bill for Child Care’ Aims to Boost Unemployed Military Spouses