by kids1stadvocac | Jun 10, 2025 | State
WHYY The Public Education Funding Commission recently voted on a set of recommendations to change Delaware’s school funding formula, but big questions loom over what a new funding formula will look like and how much additional money, if any, state lawmakers are...
by kids1stadvocac | Jun 10, 2025 | State
The Texas Tribune Texas is moving away from the long-scrutinized special education funding system that gives money to districts based on the classroom setting where a child with a disability receives instruction. Now, schools will receive dollars based on the...
by kids1stadvocac | Jun 3, 2025 | Federal
Prior to the Memorial Day recess, the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill- by a vote of 214 to 215. Running more than 1,000 pages, the multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package (in summary): extends the tax cuts...
by kids1stadvocac | May 20, 2025 | State
The Michigan Chronicle The classroom has always been a battlefield for equity. Ask any Black parent who’s fought to get their child an Individualized Education Program. Ask any educator in Detroit who’s watched students fall through bureaucratic cracks because the...
by kids1stadvocac | May 13, 2025 | Restraint & Seclusion, State
Chalkbeat Before Colorado state lawmakers finished their yearly business this week, they took steps to ensure public schools would be better funded in the future. Colorado public schools will be required to screen students in kindergarten through third grade for...