#education-funding

#education-funding

Parents of students at the TIDE Academy magnet school are asking a judge to stop the Sequoia Union High School District from closing the school at 150 Jefferson Drive in Menlo Park. Parents allege in the federal court suit that the district is discriminating against children with disabilities by closing TIDE. The district's school board voted unanimously Feb. 4 to close TIDE due to a tight budget. "Closing TIDE disproportionately burdens the disabled community," the suit states.

The government has said it will spend 5bn to pay off 90% of the debts English councils have built up through supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to the end of the financial year. The LGA, which represents councils in England, welcomed the plans, saying it "removes the immediate threat of insolvency for many councils". The government is expected to lay out their full plans for SEND reform in the Schools White Paper in the coming weeks.

But as schoolage audiences of Matilda the Musical or the Harry Potter films can testify, UK classrooms usually have more children in them than fictional ones. What these young people probably do not know is that their classrooms are also fuller than many real ones abroad. A report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found that the UK has some of the largest primary groups in the industrialised world.

Three Tri-Valley school districts are facing significant financial dilemmas heading into next year, with budget cuts and potential layoffs threatening to hit classrooms. Dublin, Pleasanton and Livermore schools are all grappling with multi-million dollar budget deficits in the 2026-27 school year, with the districts citing declining enrollment and decreased state and federal funding as having created budget holes that will likely lead to difficult decisions.

The move is in accordance with Assembly Bill 1390, which allows for increases between $600 and $4,500 per month, based on the average daily attendance in the prior school year. Previously, the rate was $60 to $1,500 per month. Four of the five members of Antioch's board of trustees voted to increase their pay, which will impact the district's general fund $96,000 more annually.

Berkeley teachers, staff and supporters gathered outside Malcolm X Elementary Friday afternoon in a solidarity protest with people in Minneapolis, urging more funding for public schools instead of immigration enforcement. Another protest, in the Southside neighborhood, took aim at a hotel owned by Hilton, which has provided lodging for ICE agents in Minnesota. Congregations in Berkeley and across the Bay Area are participating in a national day of action sparked by Trump's immigration enforcement and Renee Good's killing.

These accounts are intended to operate as long-term, tax-advantaged investment vehicles or savings accounts, in which the federal government will put $1,000 per child (born during Trump's second term) to work. Via the power of compounding, the hope is that this $1,000 the government invests in our youth of today will turn out to be a much more meaningful sum 18 years (or longer) down the line,

A group of public school students' parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's new statewide school voucher program, saying that allocating nearly $150 million in state funding to help parents send their kids to private schools is unconstitutional. In their lawsuit filed Thursday in Davidson County Chancery Court, the plaintiffs requested injunctions to block the Republican-backed law while the case proceeds.

The Department of Education notified the state and 16 others in March that the Trump administration had rescinded access to millions in federal money earmarked to combat the pandemic's impact on students across the nation. The recovery funds had been previously approved and awarded to the states from the department and were supposed to be available until March 2026, but the Department of Education abruptly changed course, a lawsuit from the 17 impacted states alleged.

Financial aid was being disbursed, student loans were being serviced, all those things. So there probably won't be an immediate significant shift," he said.

Berkeley Rep used AI art to market its its January production of The Thing About Jellyfish, part of what the theater describes as an experiment to complement not replace the work of our internal creative design team. Its part of a trend of performing arts spaces turning to to AI to save money that is dividing the Bay Area theater community. (SF Chronicle)

Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it. But rather than sending the money directly to the four programs that are part of a national network helping students who are deaf and blind, a condition known as deafblindness, the department has instead rerouted the grants to a different organization that will provide funding for those vulnerable students.

"These groups are changing the way girls see themselves in their own communities and in our world, helping create the leaders we need for the brighter future we all deserve,"

The Trump administration announced Monday it would redirect funding for minority-serving institutions into U.S. charter schools to support school choice. The Department of Education said following the release of the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress scores last week, which showed dismal educational outcomes across the nation, the department is shifting funding to advance President Trump's priorities. RELATED: Los Angeles schools are taking measures to protect students from ICE raids. Why hasn't the Bay Area followed suit?

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But at the city's only free, in-person addiction and recovery counseling certification program, housed at City College, there are waitlists for nearly every class. Graduates of the program can take an exam to become state-certified substance use disorder counselors - the exact people Lurie says San Francisco needs - but City College isn't pumping out a battalion of counselors. Why not? Money, and a dearth of classes.

Teachers, social workers, nurses, and other public workers risk losing student loan cancellation if their employer is linked to illegal activities under a new proposal.

The best way to teach kids how to read has been widely debated in the Golden State, leading to a long-standing literacy crisis among California students.

The UK's wealthiest private schools took in 500m last year through fee in advance schemes. Parents sought to avoid a 20% VAT added to school fees.

More than 50 private schools across England have announced closures so far this year, following the introduction of Labour's 20% VAT on school fees in January 2025.

The Department of Education spent approximately $1.17 million since 2022 on a single restaurant, $745,000 of which was in the past year alone.

School districts across the country have filed different lawsuits to try to get the U.S. Department of Education to release funds frozen by the Trump administration.

Comptroller Brad Lander condemned federal cuts to education during a rally, stressing the negative impact of Trump's new law on public school funding in NYC.

President Donald Trump's administration on July 1 withheld more than $6 billion in federal grants for after-school and summer programs, adult literacy and English language instruction, as part of a review to ensure spending aligned with the White House's priorities.

In just six months, the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress have brought lasting change and enormous unpredictability to federal education policy.