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Hundreds of employees in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) — including staff in both the Special Education Programs and Rehabilitative Services divisions — were laid off on Friday.
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Join NPE President Diane Ravitch as she and Carol Burris discuss her recently released memoir.
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SB 414 is the WRONG BILL to enact true charter reform--which is why the charter lobby pressured the legislature to pass it.
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Majority House leaders just dropped their FY26 education bill, slashing $12.1 billion (15%) in K-12 funding for public education. It guts the very programs that keep our public schools running — while boosting charter start-up/expansion to $500,000,000.
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Now is the time to tell our Governors and state legislators that we expect them to reject this MAGA federal voucher scheme and focus on supporting and improving their public schools.
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SB 414, a dangerous bill, has passed the California Senate and heads to the Assembly Education Committee on July 16. It must be stopped. If enacted, it would give charter schools tort liability protection, shielding them from legal consequences, even in cases of fraud or mismanagement.
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The Trump administration informed state education departments that it is defying Congress and immediately withholding $6.2 billion in federal K-12 education funds—a devastating blow to public schools across the nation. Tell your member of Congress to insist that funding be restored.
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Even as it slashes Medicaid for low-income kids and seniors, Congress is trying to sneak in a tax-payer funded private school tuition plan for the rich. Write your letter now.
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Linda McMahon is slashing federal programs that help students and teachers while dismantling the Department of Education. Meanwhile, she just bypassed Congress and raised the money to open new charter schools to half a billion dollars, increasing the more modest amount set by Congress. Tell your representatives it's time to stop Linda McMahon from destroying public education.