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Security for Miami-Dade public schools facing scrutiny

VA can bolster higher education access for incarcerated people

Virginia advocates believe more can be done to make higher education accessible to incarcerated people. Only a handful of community colleges partner with less than half of the state s correctional facilities to help people obtain associate s degrees. In 2023, incarcerated people became eligible for federal Pell Grants, supporting tuition costs for low-income individuals. .

MT disability advocates sue to stop school vouchers

Advocates for the rights of people with disabilities have joined the Montana Quality Education Association in a suit to stop a school voucher bill in the state. Montana is the latest to enact a plan allowing parents to pay private school tuition with public money. Senate Bill 393 is much more narrowly focused than Educational Savings Accounts in other states. .

Black girls safety in schools Miami Dade study makes urgent call for change / Public News Service

A new report shows Black girls are enduring disproportionate discipline, sexual harassment and public humiliation from school-based police and security guards in Miami-Dade public schools. The report, "Keep Her Safe: Centering Black Girls in School Safety," compiles the experiences of Black girls and young women between the ages of 14 and 24, sharing their stories through surveys and focus groups about mistreatment by school safety personnel who make them feel unsafe. Bayliss Fiddiman, director of educational equity at the National Women s Law Center, which produced the study along with the Southern Poverty Law Center, said the girls were being treated differently for their appearance, often unaware of the lines of sexual harassment. .

Black Girls Are Facing Major Safety Issues In Florida Schools