by kids1stadvocac | Oct 6, 2026 | Federal
Last Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) issued proposed regulations for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit that was placed into federal law through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) in 2025 and is schedule to take effect in 2027. Since the law’s...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 29, 2026 | State
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Shundelon Ross hoped the seventh school would be the one to work. Her son wandered the hallways, clutching his favorite stuffed animal. He threw high fives to the employees. He stared, mesmerized, at the chickens pecking around the coop. Ross...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 22, 2026 | State
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth The Catholic school tour ended, and Maria Contreras felt an overwhelming desire to enroll her 7-year-old. But first, a difficult question for the principal. The second grader has trouble focusing. He doesn’t listen to teachers and runs around...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 22, 2026 | Federal
On Tuesday afternoon, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) hosted a K-12 Education Spotlight Forum titled, Raising the Alarm: How the National School Voucher Program Will Be Harmful to Students. Panelists discussed the pending impacts of the federal education tax credit which...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 22, 2026 | Federal
The Hechinger Report The meeting with staff members of Cincinnati Christian Schools began with a prayer. Then they told Mike Grimmer and Linda Kelly that their granddaughter could no longer attend the private school. Annabelle Kelly had enrolled there three months...
