Education Department

Over 20 GOP-led states sue Biden administration over Title IX rules for LGBTQ students

Politics
Amanda Smith

At least 22 Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration over its new rules to protect LGBTQ students from discrimination in federally ...

Republican states challenge new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ+ students

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican states are filing a barrage of legal challenges against the Biden administration’s new expanded campus sexual assault rules, ...

Five Republican-led states sue over Biden’s new Title IX transgender protections

Politics
Amanda Smith

Five Republican-led states have sued the Biden administration over its new rules expanding Title IX — a federal civil rights law that ...

Biden administration faces pressure to step up its response to antisemitic incidents on college campuses

Politics
Amanda Smith

As antisemitic incidents mushroom on college campuses, some Jewish leaders and lawmakers from both parties are accusing President Joe Biden’s administration of ...

Education Department boosts legal defenses for transgender students

Politics
Amanda Smith

The Biden administration is cementing its efforts to codify new protections for transgender students and overhaul much of a Trump-era policy that ...

78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and ...

Education Department starts sending financial aid data to colleges after months of delays

Politics
Amanda Smith

WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of delays and technical hiccups, some colleges and universities have started to receive federal data they need ...

What to know about the SAVE plan, the income-driven plan to repay student loans

Politics
Amanda Smith

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 75 million student loan borrowers have enrolled in the U.S. government’s newest repayment plan since it ...

Ryan Walters has been ‘very forthcoming’ since House-issued subpoena, lawmaker says

U.S.
Amanda Smith

In an unexpected turn, state Rep. Mark McBride expressed satisfaction on Friday concerning information he’s received from state schools Superintendent Ryan Walters ...