Released as early voting opened, Tiffany's plan would require parental consent before a student can go by a different name or pronouns at school, ban transgender students from the bathrooms and locker rooms that match who they are, and bar 'gender transition procedures' for anyone under 18.
Two new reports find the Trump DOJ has moved to end or stopped defending desegregation cases covering 56 school districts in 12 states, often without asking a judge to find the discrimination was fixed, and dropped at least 36 race discrimination cases — including settlements already won.
Five state-funded charter schools have paid more than $30 million to companies run by Erika Donalds, and one is about to pay $15.7 million more. Byron Donalds's own disclosures show most of the family's wealth comes from her companies — and he wants to be the governor who signs the school budget.
ProPublica sued to get the Education Department's civil rights data. Under Trump, the office opens about 100 investigations a month, down from 310, while 24,000 complaints poured in. It opened 29 sexual violence investigations out of 200-plus complaints, and more cases about discrimination against males than against females.
Tom Tiffany, the Republican running for Wisconsin governor, amplified a Libs of TikTok post targeting an Eau Claire school board member over a Black parents' group. She says what followed were accusations, misogynistic messages, and police keeping watch on her house.
The Treasury Department is moving to hire private debt collectors to go after the nearly 10 million Americans in default on federal student loans, according to The Washington Sun, but the plans are unlikely to be announced before the midterms. 'It would be politically insane to do this before the midterms,' one source said.
The Republican nominee for governor told a radio host that newcomers to the Huntsville area grew up in 'government-educated schools that have taught socialism and Communism' and need to be 'educated.' A Republican lawmaker from Huntsville says that's not correct.
Internal documents show the Trump administration racing to pull Federal Student Aid out of the Education Department by October 2027. The law says it has to stay there, officials know it, and they haven't asked Congress. The office has already lost 43% of its staff.
Under a 3% budget-cut order from Greg Abbott, Dan Patrick and Dustin Burrows, Texas's health agency has asked to eliminate the Children's Autism Program, which paid for therapy for 583 kids last year with 1,000 more waiting. The same order exempted Abbott's private school voucher program.
