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9 things to know about the big, private-school voucher plan in Republicans' tax bill NPR asked researchers, advocates, tax experts, a parent and a public school leader for their thoughts on this first-of-its-kind national voucher plan. Here's what they said.

“Unlike public schools, private schools can generally choose who they admit.”
What to know about Republicans’ big, private-school voucher plan

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We wrote this for educators, so please share: Distinguishing Service Animals from Emotional Support Animals

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Legal Matters: May 2025 ISTOCK.COM/DANIELFELA U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It has more than 200,000 officers across ...

A collaboration with Dr. @vanessamiller.bsky.social before she starts a new chapter at FIU. Wishing her the best and so grateful for all of her contributions including this helpful article! 

Religious Charter School Declared Unconstitutional: A Webinar on the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling - Education Law Center In June, the Oklahoma Supreme Court declared that a religious public charter school set to open in fall...

Today the U.S. Supreme Court is talking about St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which would be the nation’s first religious public charter school. Learn more
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Religious charter school case raises a key question: Are charter schools actually public schools? National charter leaders are worried that if the U.S. Supreme Court finds that charter schools are more like private schools — opening the door for religious charters — it could affect their funding, ...

“could represent a seismic shift in American education”

Supreme Court Poised to Back Student in Key Disability-Rights Case The U.S. Supreme Court considered what liability standard should apply for cases brought by students under two key federal disability laws.

What’s your prediction?

Worth a listen AJT v. Osseo Area Schs.

Supreme Court will weigh in on effort to found nations first religious charter school The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added three more cases two of which will be argued together to its docket for the 2024-25 term. In a brief unsigned order, the […]

Here’s the second article I wrote over decade ago about unconstitutional church-state entanglement of Catholic-affiliated charter schools. core.ac.uk/download/pdf...

Hard to believe that over a decade ago, I wrote about the legal issues of converting Catholic schools into charter schools. files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1...

“In federal law, the Education Department is required to have a director over the Office of English Language Acquisition to oversee bilingual education programs…. While the Education Department can shrink the office, it is not able to eliminate the office without congressional approval.”

Supreme Court likely to rule for parental opt-out on LGBTQ books in schools - SCOTUSblog The Supreme Court on Tuesday was sympathetic to a group of Maryland parents who want to be able to opt their elementary-school-aged children out of instruction that includes LGBTQ+ themes. […]

The court’s conservative majority appeared to strongly favor the arguments on Tuesday of a group of Maryland parents who want to be able to opt their children out of instruction that includes books with LGBTQ+ themes.

After Layoffs, Will the Office for Civil Rights Be Able to Keep Up? Plus, Harvard pushes back on Trump’s demands to cut DEI.

The Ed Department's Office of Civil Rights has seen a surge in discrimination complaints. How will the department tackle its legal requirements to investigate the complaints with a reduced staff? chroni.cl/3Y3zmKF

How a story about battling a dragon led to a Supreme Court case on parent rights and LGBTQ books When devout Muslim parents heard their son would be reading a story in school about a knight and a prince who fall in love, they asked to opt him out. The resulting Supreme Court case could impact how far schools must go to accommodate religious parents’ objections to curriculum.

Supreme Court to rule on right of religious parents to opt kids out of LGBTQ material
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A Supreme Court Case Could Change How We Think About and Pay For Religious Schools - EdSurge News The Supreme Court in April will weigh whether to open public funds to schools that offer religious instruction. What does that mean for schools, and ...

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Legal experts say that the St. Isidore case represents a potentially radical shift for both the charter school movement and for the American understanding of the separation between religious instruction and publicly-funded schools.

“…had it not been for the publicly accessible resources that the Department of Education has provided to students with disabilities like myself, I probably would not have gone to college,"