#education-funding

#education-funding

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?

walked away from the [negotiation] table

"I think everybody deserves some certainty," Calandra told CBC Radio's Metro Morning Friday. "I'm 100 per cent looking at the elimination of the trustee position."

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.

Aguilar-Ceja had been in the foster care system and was moved from Oakland to Concord in the middle of her high school years. But she loved the close-knit community at her small Fruitvale charter school and didn't want to change schools. Her advisor at ARISE, who lived in Pleasanton, offered to pick her up from Concord and drive her to school.

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.

California is suing the federal government for the release of over $6 billion in education funding, including $939 million owed to the state that the Trump administration allegedly withheld. This funding supports programs for disadvantaged children, migrant farmworker children, and English-language tutoring. Attorney General Rob Bonta stated that Trump's actions violated the U.S. Constitution and federal statutes. The state argues that it was set to receive this funding when its new budget went into effect on July 1.

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program has incentivised careers in the public sector, including work in hospitals, schools, local governments and nonprofits.

The withheld funds include all $890 million meant to help English learners develop their language skills and $375 million to provide academic support to the children of migrant farmworkers, according to an email that was sent to states by the U.S. Department of Education.

The grants were created by Congress under a bipartisan law passed after the 2022 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, when an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 elementary school children and two teachers.

The proposed budget brings an $18.8-billion spending plan for the upcoming school year but raises concerns about future cuts as the district’s revenue falls short.

"We are closely reviewing Central Office positions to identify opportunities for savings while minimizing the impact on staff and maintaining our commitment to supporting schools and students."

"Trump's accusation that Harvard is 'very antisemitic' rings hollow coming from the man who hosted a Holocaust-denying white nationalist at Mar-a-Lago."

The Spending Review outlines a budget increase for public services, highlighting a rise in schools' funding, but still leaves critical issues unaddressed.

"So here we are at a time in which the cost of college is already too high for millions of students," said Senator Elizabeth Warren. "Donald Trump and his Republican buddies in Congress are not lowering them. They are adding $400 a month on average to the family's costs."

When you actually adjust it for inflation, it's pennies. But on top of that, we know that the needs in school are so much greater now than they used to be.

Two years in an after-school program improves math scores by 20 percentile points. It increases attendance, it reduces behavioral suspensions and expulsions, and it closes the achievement gap between low- and high-income families

"We have to figure out how to get out there as soon as possible... the reality is we cannot afford not to have the parcel tax in our budget."

The proposed renewal of the $72 parcel tax within the San Jose Unified School District was rejected due to insufficient voter turnout, garnering only 60% support.