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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #214

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.

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The Canberra Times

Judges block Trump administration’s attempts to deny access to public service loan forgiveness to its perceived foes

Two federal judges in different courts have blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to deny employees of nonprofits that oppose the Trump administration’s political agenda access to a program through which they could avoid having to pay off all of their student loans. Both issued their judgments on June 30, 2026.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #213

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy.

Ballotpedia

Closure of federal office for English learning leaves non-native, U.S.-based English speakers in limbo

The Trump administration's closed the Department of Education's (DE) Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) on May 14, 2026. The OELA was tasked with ensuring that the children of immigrants and others with typically lower English proficiency learned the language to a high academic and professional standard.

Latin Times

Goodbye, SAVE plan: Here’s what options you have to repay federal student loans

Changes to the federal student loan repayment program by the Trump administration will impact borrowers on a Biden-era repayment plan

The Independent UK

Fatal School Shooting Prompts Nationwide Security Review in Philippine Schools

A school shooting in Tacloban City, Philippines, left three students dead and five injured, prompting a nationwide review of school security protocols and highlighting disparities in safety measures.

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Student loan borrowers face tough decisions on the future as new repayment era looms

Some graduates are putting off the dream of buying a home so they can pay down their student loan debt

The Independent UK

Comfort women must not be erased

The removal of the comfort women issue from the finalised Senior High School curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the Philippines is more than a curricular revision. It signals a negation that diminishes public recognition of wartime sexual survivors and risks narrowing collective historical consciousness within the educational…

Bangkok Post

Trump Is Gutting the Department of Education, and Critics Warn the Fallout Will Hit the Country’s Most Vulnerable Students First

The administration is shifting oversight of special education and civil rights enforcement to other federal agencies.

The Mary Sue

Trump and Linda McMahon push ahead with plan to gut federal education oversight

These transfers mean that the bulk of the Education Department's functions have now been distributed across various other agencies

The Independent UK

Goodbye, student loans: Some 30,000 borrowers have payments canceled

A lawsuit has won billions of dollars for former students

The Independent UK

Over 10,000 lawyers have reportedly left Donald Trump’s admin. Trump says it’s a good thing

The cuts are welcomed.

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More than 10,000 lawyers have left the Trump administration leaving multiple agencies understaffed, report says

Between the end of 2024 and March 2026, the federal government reportedly lost roughly 17 percent of its civilian lawyers

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Education Department is investigating whether Smith College’s admissions violate Title IX – but this law doesn’t actually apply to the case

Since 2015, Smith College, one of the largest and most prestigious women’s liberal arts colleges in the United States, has allowed any student who identifies as female to apply to and attend the school.

The Independent UK

States sue Trump team over cap for nursing student loans and claim it will worsen nation’s healthcare worker shortage

The states argued that the Education Department’s new rule ‘will discourage potential healthcare workers from entering the field’

Evening Standard

Demand for officially integrated schools ‘varies’ across Northern Ireland – report

The report is set to be the first in a series of annual studies monitoring data.

Everybody Loves Your Money

Double Borrowing Rule: Why Some Parents Are Blocked From New PLUS Loans

College bills keep climbing like a rocket with no brakes, and plenty of parents turn to Parent PLUS loans to keep the dream alive. Then comes the shocker: a parent applies for another federal loan and suddenly gets denied, even with decent income and a solid payment history. The reason…

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Trump wants to cut federal loans from college programs that don't pay off. College cosmetology, fine arts, and music programs are at risk

As student debt surpasses $1.7 trillion, a Trump-backed rule would strip federal aid from degree and certificate programs with weak earnings outcomes.

The Conversation

Schools are supposed to limit using restraint and seclusion to discipline kids – but parents I spoke with say the practice is wildly misused

“Jessica,” the adoptive mother of a third grade student, was shocked when she discovered that her daughter had spent over 100 hours locked in a room alone at her North Carolina public school.

Fortune

MacKenzie Scott is bypassing the Ivy League and rewriting the $79 billion higher ed playbook by giving to HBCUs and community colleges

The billionaire philanthropist has directed more than $1.2 billion to HBCUs as Trump administration cuts threaten their survival.

The Times of India

Usha Vance turns narrator: Opens podcast to promote child literacy; netizens blame JD Vance for 'defunding' the Department of Education

Second Lady of the United States of America, Usha Vance recently launched her own podcast 'Storytime with the Second Lady' under her larger campaign to increase child literacy rates and encourage reading among kids.

The Independent UK

Trump tells 7 million student loan borrowers to pick a new repayment plan - or risk being placed in an expensive one

Borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan will begin receiving notices about switching to other ways to repay starting Friday

International Business Times UK

Education Department HQ Closes for Relocation, Union Warns: Education is Next on the Chopping Block

The US Department of Education is set to vacate its headquarters, signaling deeper changes as part of a broader restructuring effort.

International Business Times

The Department of Education Is Leaving Its Headquarters. What That Means — and What It Doesn't

The U.S. Department of Education announced it will vacate its Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters building in Washington, D.C. by August 2026 — relocating to a smaller federal office one block away and saving $4.8 million annually — after a 50% workforce reduction left the building 70% vacant, as the Trump…

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