A Republican lawmaker in Pennsylvania is pushing a sweeping plan to eliminate school property taxes by creating a multibillion-dollar education endowment fund. The proposal would replace the roughly $16 billion collected annually from taxpayers for public schools.
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt (R) has officially signed legislation ending taxpayer funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in the state’s higher education system. The measure, SB 796, permanently bars public universities from using state funds to support DEI initiatives or mandating ideological training based on race, sex, or other identity categories.
Oklahoma is taking bold action to ensure classrooms are free from leftist ideology by requiring new teachers relocating from liberal states to pass an assessment developed in partnership with conservative organization PragerU. The test, now mandatory for educators from California and New York, must be passed to receive a teaching certificate in the state.
North Carolina lawmakers will return to Raleigh next week with several high-profile vetoes still hanging over the state’s legislative agenda. Among them are two bills drawing national attention: one establishing a tax credit program for school children and another that would allow permitless concealed carry.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon is launching a nationwide tour next week to promote the Trump administration’s push to return control of education to the states. The “Returning Education to the States” Tour will take McMahon to all 50 states over the next year, where she will spotlight local-led initiatives, promote school choice, and advance the administration’s goal of dismantling federal overreach in education.