The Leading Edge: Policy & Advocacy Blog

November 02, 2023

Earlier this week, the White House released an executive order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.

October 27, 2023

As part of our broader work to better understand and illustrate the reality of today’s superintendents, we are proud to partner with Dr. Rachel S. White.

October 26, 2023

After almost three weeks without a Speaker, The House of Representatives elected Congressman Mike Johnson (R-LA) to serve as the chamber's leader. Now what?

October 25, 2023

Earlier this week, AASA jointed 87 organizations representing private, public, nonprofit, and educational entities sent letters to House and Senate lawmakers.

October 19, 2023

SETDA released a cybersecurity resource focused on small, rural, and under-resourced districts, developed by SETDA's Cybersecurity & Privacy Collaborative.

October 19, 2023

AASA joined NSBA and ASBO in an amicus (Friend of the court) brief, for the upcoming Muldrow vs. St. Louis.

October 19, 2023

David R. Schuler, executive director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, was honored to sign AASA onto a joint statement from four national rural education associations supporting today’s FCC vote on Wi-Fi on Wheels proposal.

October 12, 2023

This is the fifth installment of the Summer Funds series with AASA President Gladys Cruz.

October 04, 2023

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been busy this year with new rules and regulations for school meal programs. This month, we’re putting everything you need to know about what’s happened and what to expect all in one place.

September 29, 2023

Congress’s time to fund the government beyond Saturday’s midnight is dwindling.

September 27, 2023

AASA joined more than 100 business groups in a letter to the US Department of Labor in response to a proposed set of changes to the overtime pay regulations.

September 26, 2023

Today, USDA issued a final rule on changing the eligibility threshold for the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). The new minimum Identified Student Percentage (ISP) that districts need to participate is 25—brought down from the current 40. This rule will go into effect on October 26, 2023.

September 26, 2023

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, USED’s Student Privacy Policy Office announced a series of three webinars as part of its three-day National Student Data Security Summit.

September 25, 2023

AASA, The School Superintendents Association, is launching a series, ESSER in Action, highlighting how COVID-19 relief funds are making an impact across the country.

September 21, 2023

In the ultimate game of ‘will they or won’t they’, we once again find ourselves with a Congress that is unable to reliably complete its only Constitutionally-required task: funding the government.