The St. Louis mayor has requested an audit of the city’s public schools one week after the furlough of its superintendent, even as school board members blame one another for “illegitimate” leadership.
The New Hampshire Department of Education is appealing a federal court ruling striking down the state’s controversial “divisive concepts” law, reopening a court case about whether the state can regulate how educators discuss race, gender, and other topics with students. The appeal came two months after a federal court judge ruled that the 2021 law was “unconstitutionally vague,” a characterization that New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella argues was an overstep.
From kindergarten through third grade, North Carolina public school students scored higher than the national average on literary assessments at the end of last school year, state officials said.
FBI agents have arrested an Ohio elementary school teacher for the “possession and distribution of child sexual abuse images,” while alleging agents found “a prepubescent female completely nude” in the hotel room with him.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a new bill into law on Wednesday regarding “religious expression days,” also known as the “R.E.D.” Act, in schools. HB 214‘s passing now requires each public school to adopt a policy that “reasonably accommodates the sincerely held religious beliefs and practices of students; to require each public school to adopt a policy regarding certain expectations related to the performance of staff member professional duties.”
(State Laws on School Board Duties) Title XV, Section 189-1A
(State Laws on Public Records) Title VI, Chapter 91A, Section 91A-4
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(State Laws on School Board Duties) Chapter 386, Section 327 but not specific
(State Laws on Public Records) Chapter 239, Section .0107
(State Laws on Open Meetings) Chapter 241, Section 20
(State Laws on School Board Duties) Chapter 79, Section 500
(State Laws on Public Records) Chapter 84, Section 712
(State Laws on Open Meetings) Chapter 84, Section 1407-1415
(State Laws on School Board Duties) Title XI, Chapter 162