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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #211

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.

Ballotpedia

Why new grads shouldn’t fear a recession

Massive tech layoffs, bank failures and a potential U.S. recession could throw a wrench in the plans of 2023 graduates — in the same year federal student loan payments are expected to resume and accrue interest

The Independent UK

The student loan forgiveness program is about to face a showdown before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will start reviewing two cases that challenge the legality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan Tuesday.

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Exclusive: New Biden student loan plan unveiled amid agency funding crisis

The Office of Federal Student Aid has a lot on its plate in 2023, including implementation of an ambitious new student loan repayment plan. Now it just needs money to pay for it.

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Student debt relief: Where borrowers stand as Supreme Court weighs Biden's plan

When President Joe Biden announced his federal student loan forgiveness plan last year, nearly 26 million Americans jumped on the chance for debt relief.

Tribune News Service

Feds open civil rights investigation into Texas school district after LGBTQ book removals

DALLAS — The U.S. Department of Education opened a civil rights investigation into Granbury ISD, a North Texas district where officials removed books with LGBTQ themes.

Tribune News Service

What to know about the differences between subsidized and unsubsidized student loans

One charges interest while you attend school, while the other does not.

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Transgender ban, Biden loan program top House GOP’s education agenda

Republicans campaigned in the midterm election on undoing a student loan forgiveness program and banning transgender athletes.

Roll Call

Biden extends federal student loan payment and interest pause as White House battles for loan forgiveness in court

"We’re extending the payment pause because it would be deeply unfair to ask borrowers to pay a debt that they wouldn’t have to pay."

Fortune

Student loan borrowers want Biden to extend payment pause

Millions of borrowers are left frustrated and confused about what will happen to their debt and how much they will owe.

Fortune

Top Biden Aides Among Those Who Will Benefit From Student-Loan Forgiveness Plans They Helped Craft

Two White House press secretaries are among the "fortunate 11" top Biden aids who will have their student loans reduced.

Zenger

Checks and Balances, October 2022: Biden administration codifies DACA

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Ballotpedia

The website to apply for student loan relief is live, and it only takes a few minutes

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The U.S. Department of Education began accepting applications for student loan relief Friday when it launched a beta test for millions of qualifying borrowers.

Tribune News Service

Pandemic shut down many special education services – how parents can help their kids catch up

When schools shut down in March 2020, many of the nation’s roughly 7 million students in special education didn’t get the special education services to which they were entitled under federal law. The law requires these services to be provided even during special circumstances, such as the pandemic.

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Tribune News Service

Biden student loan relief rollout imperiled by court challenges

The U.S. Department of Education is slated to launch its application for student loan forgiveness later this month, but a growing list of legal challenges could threaten the program’s rollout.

Tribune News Service

Q&A: What you need to know about Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan

President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning announced a plan for student debt forgiveness. The White House said that since 1980, the total cost of four-year public or private college has nearly tripled, and that the typical undergraduate college student with debt now graduates owing almost $25,000. Here’s what we know…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: School attendance should be a high priority. Youths’ well-being depends on it

When I was young, my friends and I did chores at home such as cutting grass, raking leaves and shoveling snow. It wasn’t a big deal because that was the expectation. My brother and I were fortunate enough to have parents who paid an allowance, but that didn’t mean we…

The Independent UK

US agencies temporarily barred from enforcing LGBTQ guidance

A federal judge in Tennessee has issued an order barring two U.S. agencies from enforcing new federal guidance extending enforcement of discrimination in schools and workplaces based on gender identity

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The Conversation

School mental health resources critical to ensuring safe school environments

Whenever a mass shooting takes place in schools, public discussion often focuses on laws or policies that might have prevented the tragedy. But averting school violence needs more than gun policy. It requires both prevention and crisis response that take students’ emotional well-being – not just their physical safety –…

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