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Monday, April 28, 2025
Pioneer Press
International students in U.S., MN see legal records restored with fed reversal
The U.S. government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students around the country, including Minnesota, after many filed court challenges against the Trump administration crackdown, federal officials said Friday.
Fox9
School seclusion room expansion approved by Minnesota Senate
Seven months into a ban on schools using seclusion rooms for young students, the Minnesota Legislature is on the verge of allowing their use more commonly.
KAXE
How new education aid would help schools in Minnesota’s ‘cabin country’
The proposed legislation creates a new type of aid that would supplement part of districts’ voter-approved operating levies by up to 50%, based on the amount of seasonal recreational property in the district.
Minnesota Reformer
Federal judges pause U.S. Education Department enforcement of DEI ban
A federal judge in Maryland ordered the Trump administration Thursday to pause enforcement of a new U.S. Education Department ban on diversity, equity and inclusion practices.
MPR News
Supreme Court to hear school disability discrimination case stemming from Osseo lawsuit
The Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in a case testing the reach of federal laws that promise special help for children with disabilities in public schools.
Why judges blocked the Trump admin’s school DEI crackdown
Three federal judges, in Maryland, New Hampshire and Washington, D.C., ruled Thursday that the Trump administration had overstepped when it ordered the nation’s schools to stop all diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs as well as classroom teaching the administration might consider discriminatory. For the moment, this means the U.S. Department of Education cannot make good on its threat to punish noncompliant districts by withholding vital federal funding, including dollars that help K-12 schools serve low-income students and children with disabilities.
Sahan Journal
Office of Latine Achievement faces steep cuts as Minneapolis Schools grapple with $75M deficit
Budget documents show that Minneapolis Public Schools plans to slash the program’s budget next year from more than $1 million to about $340,000 — a cut of more than 70%.
Teacher training grants to UMN, St. Thomas on hold again after SCOTUS ruling
Teacher training grants at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas have been terminated again, following an April 4 order from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Education Minnesota press releases
Richfield teacher Monica Byron elected president of Education Minnesota
12 finalists for 2025 Teacher of the Year
New Trump public education threat shows bias
Senate budget plan honors funding promises but falls short on pensionsÂ
Educators sue St. Francis Area Schools over book ban policy
