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On the surface, it seems like 2022 was a year of conservative triumph in the courts and in schools, as US Supreme Court decisions about religion and education joined other precedent-smashing opinions about abortion rights and gun control. The school decisions seemed to fulfill long-held conservative dreams about pushing prayer back into public classrooms and diverting tax funding to explicitly religious schools.
But looking at the language of these rulings — especially Justice Neil M. Gorsuch’s
The Richland School District Administration building on Keene Road in West Richland is lit up at night.
Richlands, WA
The Richland School Board, in a split vote, revised its policies on the teaching of “controversial issues” in the classroom.
A majority of the board said they wanted to give principals and teachers a better sense of when to alert parents about an upcoming lesson or discussion that could involve a “controversial” topic.
The policy doesn’t actually bar the teaching of the topic. A previously rejected definition was denounced by the ACLU of Washington.
The board defines controversial
Del. Marcus Simon, D-Fairfax, expects to be playing defense during the upcoming General Assembly session, at least when it comes to the ongoing push by Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Republicans in the state legislature to carry out a culture war crusade in state education.
“Democrats are going to be a little bit on our heels again, trying to protect the progress that we’ve made,” Simon said, “against efforts to redefine obscenity, to limit access to educational materials and to elevate the desires of some parents under the guise of ‘parental rights’ over what’s really best for students and parents all
New oversight rules that would make it easier to crack down on religious and other private schools are expected to be approved by state education officials on Tuesday.
The New York State Board of Regents is set to vote on the guidelines, which unanimously sailed through committee on Monday.
The regulations would require that private schools provide instruction that’s “substantially equivalent” to what’s offered at their public counterparts.
Nonpublic schools would be subject to reviews by local education agencies, as well as less intrusive means to make sure they meet academic standards — such as department-approved exams or accreditors.
The
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) continues to enforce the HIPAA Right of Access on behalf of patients.
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Healthcare providers have been warned about complying with the HIPAA Right of Access as set out in the 21st Century CURES Act.
Now, providers are seeing words in action.
Since beginning the enforcement initiative, the OCR has brought forth 38 actions with financial penalties against healthcare providers in violation of the Right
