The Leading Edge: Policy & Advocacy Blog
The Leading Edge, AASA's policy & advocacy blog, provides up-to-date information about activities in Washington, D.C. and Capitol Hill that affect you and your school district.
Topics include new or proposed regulations and federal policies, federal funding updates and opportunities, advocacy resources and more.
Latest Posts
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July 29, 2022
Biden Administration Strengthens School-Based Mental Health ServicesOn Thursday, the Biden-Harris Administration announced two new actions to strengthen school-based mental health services and address the youth mental health crisis.
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July 29, 2022
How School Leaders Can Help Families Claim the Expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) During the Back-to-School PeriodSchools can help spread the word about the expanded CTC, which provides up to $3,600 per child.
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July 29, 2022
Webinar Recap: What Do Supts Need to Know and Do About the Newly Proposed Title IX Regs?On July 27, we held our webinar titled “What Do Supts Need to Know and Do About the Newly Proposed Title IX Regs?” with the Association of Title IX Administrators (ATIXA)’s top legal team, Tanyka M. Barber, Mikiba Morehead, Daniel Swinton and AASA’s Sasha Pudelski.
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July 28, 2022
Federal School Safety Clearinghouse Introduces SchoolSafety.Gov Ahead of 2022-23 School YearAs schools and districts look ahead to the next school year, the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse has provided the K-12 community with a variety of resources and tools available on SchoolSafety.gov to assist in safety and security planning efforts.
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July 26, 2022
Learning Policy Institute introduces the Whole Child Policy ToolkitThe Learning Policy Institute has release the Whole Child Policy Toolkit, a comprehensive framework developed to give state policymakers and education leaders a set of strategies, tools, and resources to advance whole child policy.
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July 26, 2022
AASA and CCSSO Press ED For Guidance on ESSER Late Liquidation ProcessOn July 22, AASA, the Council of Chief State School Officers and ten other national organizations, sent a letter to Secretary Cardona confirming late liquidation guidance for ESSER funding that the Department recently issued
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July 14, 2022
Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids ActOn July 20, 2022, Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee released the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act—their proposal for the Child Nutrition Reauthorization.
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July 21, 2022
OCRE Asks USED for Follow Up On Rural Priorities.AASA is a member of Organizations Concerned for Rural Education (OCRE).
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July 19, 2022
OCR, OSERS Release New Guidance on Disciplining Students With DisabilitiesOn July 19, 2022, OCR and OSERS jointly released new guidance focused on disciplining students with disabilities.
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July 18, 2022
AASA Advocacy Conference ResourcesFor those of you here in DC in person (and those of you following along at home!) here are the resources for this week’s conference. We will be posting presentation slide decks as we get them.
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July 07, 2022
USDA Extends Numerous Waivers for Summer 2022Under the authority granted by the Keep Kids Fed Act, USDA issued or extended six waivers for Summer 2022.
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July 06, 2022
Top Five Things Superintendents Should Know About the Proposed Title IX RulesOn the Fiftieth anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of Education released proposed amendments to the Title IX regulations.
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July 01, 2022
USDA Provides Additional Funding for School Nutrition ProgramsOn June 30, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it will provide nearly $943 million in additional funding to schools to help address the significant challenges child nutrition programs continue to face, such as high food costs and supply chain disruptions.
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July 01, 2022
The Advocate July 2022It’s with great excitement to share the legislation AASA helped write and have introduced was signed into law as part of the bipartisan gun legislation known as the Safer Communities Act.
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June 27, 2022
Medicaid in Schools Guidance Language is LawThe bipartisan Safer Communities Act that passed to prevent gun violence last week included language requiring CMS to issue new school-based Medicaid guidance before June 2023.
Latest Advocacy & Policy Resources
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November 21, 2024
PEP Talk Episode 34: The E-Rate SagaType:Podcast Topics: Advocacy & PolicyOn this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant gets into the weeds on the current saga of the FCC's Universal Service Fund and E-Rate with Jon Bernstein, an education technology and telecommunications lobbyist and president of Bernstein Strategy Group. -
October 24, 2024
PEP Talk Episode 33: Education in the 2024 ElectionType:Podcast Topics: Advocacy & PolicyOn this episode of PEP Talk: Kat Sturdevant deep dives the role of education in the 2024 presidential election with Jonathan Voss, partner at Lake Research Partners, a national public opinion and political strategy research firm. -
October 22, 2024
A New Education Vision for the 2025-29 AdministrationType:Report Topics: Advocacy & Policy, Finance & BudgetsRecommendations for how the next administration can dramatically improve educational outcomes, reduce educational inequities and ensure the students in our schools today are able to excel in an increasingly competitive global workforce.
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