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Legislation/legal affairs

How K12 leaders can lobby states to support students beyond ESSER deadline

Qubilah Huddleston and Ventura Rodriguez -
District and state officials can find ways to sustain the funding that has effectively supported students of color and students from low-income backgrounds for the past three years.

Strategic plans: 5 topics that have risen to the top of the priority list

Matt Zalaznick -
Do you know which K12 topics are becoming more important in your colleagues' strategic plans? Mental health and academic and behavioral interventions are among the top issues in 2023.

Why national award reaffirms a K6 principal’s ‘profound sense of responsibility’

Matt Zalaznick -
Being named a National Distinguished Principal reinforces Angie Krause's commitment to upholding high leadership standards and inspiring the teachers and students at Kansas' Community Elementary School.

Will K12 districts even notice if the government shuts down?

Matt Zalaznick -
“A shutdown is ineffective and costly, the consequences of which play out on Main Street, not Capitol Hill, as workers go without pay, families go without childcare, poor families lose support for housing and food, and schools feel the squeeze," says David R. Schuler, executive director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association.

Do you know where students have the shortest school day?

Matt Zalaznick -
Students in other states may not have as long a school day as yours do. On the other hand, they may be getting even more instructional time, according to a new analysis.

How one state is taking on the ‘forced outing’ of transgender students

Matt Zalaznick -
Chino Valley Unified School District requires schools to notify parents if a child asks to use a name or pronoun that's different from what's on their birth certificate or official records. The state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, is suing the southern California district, saying the mandates violate the privacy and civil rights of LGBTQ+ students.

How this Iowa district deployed AI to ban 19 books from its libraries

Matt Zalaznick -
Mason City Community Schools removed the books from grade 7-12 libraries, with an administrator saying that the size of its collection was too large for staff to read every title.

Advocates are fighting move to block ‘sexually relevant’ books in Texas schools

Matt Zalaznick -
A new law will require books and other materials to be rated and reviewed by vendors for sexual content before they can be sold to school libraries. Texas lawmakers warned A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Of Mice and Men, The Canterbury Tales, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, the Bible and other classic works of literature could be restricted.

Superintendents are stressed out. Here is the No. 1 reason

Matt Zalaznick -
Turnover has risen from around 14% to 17% since the beginning of the pandemic and neither test scores nor safety appear to be among the top five reasons for K12 leaders' growing anxiety.

Investigations force 2 more superintendents out as leadership posts are filled

Matt Zalaznick -
Leaders in Idaho and Indiana are leaving their posts during district investigations into matters that have not been disclosed to either the public or, in one case, to the superintendent himself.

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