by kids1stadvocac | Sep 30, 2025 | State
CT News Junkie State education leaders touted increased funding to help towns and cities handle the ever-increasing cost of serving the state’s growing population of special needs students at a forum at Naylor Elementary School in Hartford on Monday. The legislature...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 23, 2025 | State
Jersey City Times Tensions ran high at Thursday night’s Jersey City Board of Education meeting as multiple Jersey City Public Schools (JCPS) parents emotionally recounted their negative experiences with the district’s special education department and demanded that it...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 23, 2025 | Federal
On September 17, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4922, the DC Crimes Act of 2025, which limits the District of Columbia’s authority over criminal sentencing and revises provisions related to youth offenders. The bill immediately prohibits DC from...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 16, 2025 | State
EdSource California legislation that would double the number of days a substitute can teach a single class could help school districts keep vacant teaching positions filled, but opponents fear it could hurt students academically. Assembly Bill 1224, by Assemblymember...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 16, 2025 | Federal
On September 10, the House Committee on Oversight marked up H.R. 5181, the SOAR Act Improvements Act which amends the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act and reauthorizes the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program through 2032. Since...
