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Fiscal and administrative actions that determine how schools and universities operate.

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Google

Former assistant principal charged in connection with 2023 shooting of teacher by 6-year-old student

April 11, 2024
Ebony Parker, who was assistant principal at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, is charged with child abuse for allegedly failing to act on warnings that the 1st-grade...
Socorro Independent School District

Socorro (Texas) school superintendent placed on leave

March 27, 2024
An audit has found that Nate Carman, who announced last month that he is leaving the district, may have a conflict of interest with regard to a district contract.
Google

Birmingham-Southern College is closing

March 27, 2024
Trustees have voted to close the school, founded in 1918, after Alabama lawmakers said a bailout was likely to fail.

Broward County (Florida) district owes millions to charter schools, state says

March 21, 2024
The Florida Education Commissioner says the district should have provided funds from a 2018 referendum to charter schools in the county.
Liberty University

Liberty University fined $14 million for violations of campus safety laws

March 5, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education imposed the fine for the university's failure to follow Clery Act provisions regarding crime reporting and notifying students of threats.

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Supreme Court declines to take appeal challenging Virginia high school's admissions policy

Feb. 21, 2024
The lawsuit contended that the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was unfair to Asian American students.
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St. Paul (Minnesota) district superintendent is Superintendent of the Year

Feb. 16, 2024
Joe Gothard, who has led the district since 2017, received the honor for 2024 from the AASA.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Memphis-Shelby County board selects new superintendent

Feb. 15, 2024
Marie Feagins, an administrator in the Detroit school system, will lead the 106,000-student Memphis district.

Los Angeles board restricts which campuses can be shared with charters

Feb. 14, 2024
New charter schools will not be co-located with traditional schools that are among the lowest performing or have the highest concentration of Black students.