March 11, 2013 Legislative Update Today is the filing deadline for all bills for the 2013 legislative session. Of course, there’s still plenty of time to amend the numerous…
March 7, 2013 When Did Universal Pre-K Become A Bad Thing??? When President Obama announced in his State of the Union speech last month that he planned to partner with states to ensure that all low-…
March 1, 2013 Legislative Update Only a couple of education bills caught my eye this week. All in all, with the legislature more concerned about abortions and guns than…
February 26, 2013 The Tennessee Parent Trigger Parent-trigger laws, or laws that allow parents to intervene when their child’s school is failing, have become increasingly popular over the past several years….
February 20, 2013 Legislative Update – All About Guns This legislative session, so far at least, has been all about guns, abortions, and the great Medicaid debate. The legislature has already passed Act…
February 13, 2013 Some Skeptical of New Special Ed Guidance from OCR The USDOE’s Office of Civil Rights released new guidance last month regarding how school districts must accommodate students with disabilities who wish to participate…
February 12, 2013 Lottery Scholarship Amounts in Question Again Several legislators filed a bill this week to once again lower the amounts future students will receive from the lottery scholarship. The amounts have…
February 8, 2013 Kansas Legislature Seeks Control Of School Funding Just last month, the Shawnee County District Court in Kansas ruled that the state was failing to meet its constitutional duty to adequately finance…
February 6, 2013 Texas Court Rules School Funding Unconstitutional A Texas district court in Austin ruled Monday that the state school funding system is inadequate, inequitable, and unconstitutional. The litigation began when more…
February 4, 2013 Legislative Update Here are a few of the education bills from the past week or so that have caught my eye: HB1181 – The is the…