Appropriations
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittees passed all 12 funding bills…
California
California is preparing to overhaul the way its schools teach math with new state guidelines, a 1,000-page effort that’s drawn both staunch support and fierce criticism over the nearly four years it’s taken to produce…
The 22nd Century Group launched sales of its VLN King low-nicotine cigarettes in California…
For the second time in two years, a coalition of advocates wants to make high-quality education a constitutional right in California…
California is facing a housing shortage and topped the nation in terms of housing underproduction in 2019, at nearly 978,000 units, according to a study by the nonprofit housing group Up For Growth…
Stretching several blocks in West Oakland, the Wood Street encampment became a community for those who had little else…
President and Administration
The Biden administration is proposing to boost a 2008 law that established so-called mental health parity by establishing more stringent requirements for health plans…
The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a virtual listening session entitled "Public Meeting and Listening Session for Developing FDA's Center for Tobacco Products' Strategic Plan”…
President Biden called on the Senate to pass kids online safety and privacy bills — which continues to put the pressure on Congress to advance stronger online protections for children…
On Thursday, 7/27, the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor announced a series of new efforts to expand Registered Apprenticeships for educators and invest in teacher preparation programs…
On Tuesday, 7/25, The Biden-Harris Administration announced the launch of the Unlocking Pathways Summit series, a key part of the Raise the Bar: Unlocking Career Success initiative, aimed at helping young Americans access good-paying jobs created by President Biden’s Bidenomics agenda…
Today, 7/31, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued the following statement on the new chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Education: “I am thrilled to have Lexi Barrett, a trusted advisor who already commands tremendous respect throughout the U.S. Department of Education, step into this new role as chief of staff…
The Biden administration announced a new strategy last week to help lower housing costs and boost supply…
On Friday, 7/28, CMS said that hackers had accessed 612,000 Medicare beneficiaries’ data, including Social Security numbers and medical records…
Congress
On Thursday, 7/27, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), the chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, threatened to issue subpoenas to compel the Biden administration to turn over information about how it plans to restart federal student loan payments this fall…
Education
Red-state breakthroughs in the battle for universal Education Savings Accounts have garnered much media attention, but a different string of recent school choice victories is likely to have an even bigger and better impact on disadvantaged children…
On Monday, 7/17, New York’s Board of Regents unanimously passed new regulations preventing teachers from restraining students face down or isolating them alone in rooms they can’t leave…
A New Jersey school district has agreed to pay $9.1 million to the parents of a sixth grader who died by suicide in 2017, ending a lawsuit that accused administrators of failing to take bullying complaints seriously…