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UC says federal law prevents it from hiring undocumented students. A lawsuit seeks to change that

Oct. 02, 2024 12:23 PM EDT

Members of the coalition that’s been pushing to get the University of California to hire its undocumented students for campus jobs are now suing the university system, days after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have made such employment a reality. The suit, filed Tuesday...

Disney trips meant for homeless students went to NYC school employees' kids, officials say

Sep. 16, 2024 16:43 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Six employees of New York City's public school system took their children or grandchildren on trips to Disney World, New Orleans and other locations using tickets that were meant for homeless students, investigators said in a newly released report. The trips...

Measure to repeal Nebraska’s private school funding law should appear on the ballot, court rules

Sep. 13, 2024 13:52 PM EDT

A ballot measure seeking to repeal a new conservative-backed law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition should appear on the state's November ballot, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The court found that the ballot measure does not illegally target a government...

Court won't allow public money to be spent on private schools in South Carolina

Sep. 11, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's law allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on private schools violates the constitution, the state's highest court ruled Wednesday. The 3-2 ruling prohibits paying tuition or fees with “Education Scholarship Trust Funds," but it does...

Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to a city that has seen an influx of Haitian migrants

Sep. 10, 2024 23:49 PM EDT

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The governor of Ohio will send law enforcement and millions of dollars in healthcare resources to the city of Springfield as it faces a surge in temporary Haitian migrants that has landed it in the national spotlight. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said...

Nebraska's top election official might try to remove a ballot measure to repeal school funding law

Sep. 10, 2024 19:57 PM EDT

The Nebraska Supreme Court appears set to decide if voters get to determine whether to reject a new law pushed through largely by Republican lawmakers to provide taxpayer money for private school tuition. But depending on how they rule, the Nebraska Secretary of State could unilaterally deprive...

A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot

Aug. 30, 2024 18:00 PM EDT

Public school advocates have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition., according to Nebraska’s top election official. Organizers of Support Our Schools announced in July that they had gathered more than...

Botched college financial aid form snarls students' enrollment plans

Aug. 29, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America's prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application...

Sudden fame for Tim Walz's son focuses attention on challenges of people with learning disabilities

Aug. 22, 2024 18:58 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An unexpected highlight of the Democratic National Convention on Night Three was an outburst of pride from the son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. “That’s my dad!” 17-year-old Gus Walz could be seen exclaiming Wednesday night. He stood, tears...

U of Wisconsin regents agree to ask Gov. Tony Evers for $855 million budget increase

Aug. 22, 2024 16:48 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Universities of Wisconsin regents agreed overwhelmingly on Thursday to ask Gov. Tony Evers for an additional $855 million for the cash-strapped system in the next state budget. UW system President Jay Rothman has promised he won't seek to raise tuition during...