On February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) entitled “
On January 29, 2025, President Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) titled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” which aims to address what is described as the influence of “radical, anti-American ideologies” and the resulting infringement on parental rights.
The California Department of Education (CDE) has released new guidance on Assembly Bill (AB) 1955, known as the Support Academic Futures and Educators for Today’s Youth (SAFETY) Act, representing a significant shift from the previous guidance CDE has provided since 2014 after AB 1266 was passed.
On January 20, 2025, Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Benjamine Huffman, rescinded a longstanding policy that shielded places like schools, hospitals, and churches from immigration enforcement.
The California Legislature recently passed several student health and instruction bills related to fentanyl education and student possession and use of emergency opioid overdose medication and test strips.
In December 2024, the California Attorney General’s Office (AG) published a new edition of their guide addressing policies to protect the rights of undocumented students and their families.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published new guidance, “Avoiding the Discriminatory Use of Artificial Intelligence,” highlighting how schools’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) could lead to civil rights violations related to racial, sexual, and disability discrimination.