Tag: School choice

THIS WEEK IN EDUCATION POLITICS publishes most Saturdays. School districts throughout the D.C. region are expediting free and reduced price lunch applications for children of furloughed federal workers, and some urged affected families to requests breaks on after-school program fees, The Washington Post reported. The program is run under the auspices of the shuttered Agriculture Department. Officials had originally said the program could keep running on surplus funds “into February,” but in a memo to program providers said it would continue “well into March.” ON THE HORIZON: TITLE IX COMMENTS — Congressional Democrats urged the Education Department to extend the comment period for proposed changes to Title IX rules governing how schools handle allegations of sexual assault. The Education Department did not respond to a request for comment from The 74. More than 50,000 public comments had been submitted as of Jan. 10. MONDAY: HIGHER ED REGS — The Education Department starts a week of negotiated rulemaking sessions to hash out regulations on a variety of higher ed issues, including accreditation and online learning. The event is held annually (see our coverage from 2017 and 2018) as part of National School Choice Week. The Justice Department during the Trump Administration has been involved in a variety of education-related issues, including the repeal of student discipline guidance and protections for transgender students, the end of the DACA program, and school safety. The federal program, authorized in 2014, allows Early Head Start, a spinoff of the federal preschool program for low-income children under age 3, to integrate into existing child care centers and family care providers.