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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #226

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. In today’s edition, you’ll find: On the issues: The debate over Career and Technical Education (CTE) In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues school…

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school-choice-week-2026Starting next year, a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 will fund K–12 scholarships. Thirty states have opted in, but many Democratic governors are holding out.

Reason1d agoWhole story →

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Westfield Supports State Bill On Lower Speed Limits In Pedestrian AreasCouncil backed legislation aimed at helping towns lower speeds in school zones and other high-pedestrian areas.

Joliet, IL Patch1d agoWhole story →

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Federal judge upholds Virginia law allowing in-state tuition for undocumented studentsA federal judge has upheld Virginia’s in-state tuition law, allowing some students who are in the country illegally to qualify for in-state tuition if they meet

WJLA1d agoWhole story →

Justice in state tuition ruling

Senators sent a clear message with approval of PCSABy passing the Protect College Sports Act, the U.S. Senate told us it was important to protect schools from overspending, protect coaches, limit the movement of athletes and bolster the power of the NCAA.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch1d agoWhole story →

Culture lincoln university funding lawsuit

Mayor Johnson supports embattled school board president candidateMayor Brandon Johnson reiterated his support Wednesday for a candidate for Chicago Board of Education president accused of sexually harassing a minor in 2017.

Chicago Tribune1d agoWhole story →

Education Brandon Johnson chicago school board president election

Since

Missouri sued over alleged decades of underfunding at historically Black universitySeven current and former students at Lincoln University of Missouri sued the state on Wednesday, alleging it violated ‌the US Constitution and federal civil rights law by systematically underfunding the historically Black university for decades.

Reuters1d agoWhole story →

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Jewish Former Student Sues New York School, Says Admin Refused to Help While Protesters Shoved, Spat on HerOn the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, a Jewish former student at The New School filed a federal lawsuit against the university, accusing the school of failing to protect her from antisemitic harassment, physical assaults, vandalism, and exclusion from campus spaces. The post Jewish Former Student Sues New York…

Breitbart News Network1d agoWhole story →

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Why French students are leading massive protests across the countryProtests are continuing in France, a day after more than 250,000 people took to the streets across the country to demand education reforms. Demonstrations began in mid-September, fueled by frustrations over classroom sizes and poor building conditions. Special correspondent William Denselow reports from Paris.

PBS NewsHour1d agoWhole story →

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Trump administration expands antisemitism investigation at Swarthmore CollegeA student group whose affiliation with the college had already been revoked, allegedly reposted a video on Instagram showing an effigy of an Israeli soldier being burned.

The Philadelphia Inquirer1d agoWhole story →

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