Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s Deep Education Cuts
Aug 01, 2025
Senate Appropriators Reject Trump’s Deep Education Cuts
IHE
Senate Republicans are planning to protect the Pell Grant program, keeping the maximum grant award at $7,395 for the coming academic year, despite the Trump administration’s proposal to lower it to $5,710.
Colorado Sun
These board members take their seats at a challenging time: 12th-grade reading scores are at a three-decade low, federal funding cuts are looming, and many districts face the challenge of declining enrollment.
The 74
Nearly 9,000 children across 16 states and Puerto Rico remained locked out of Head Start programming as of Friday evening, according to the National Head Start Association, despite the federal government’s reopening on Wednesday night.
Chalkbeat
Two Denver-area Catholic parishes asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to reconsider a lower court decision that said parish preschools participating in Colorado’s state-funded preschool program couldn’t deny admission to LGBTQ children or children from LGBTQ families.
NAPCS
Right now, we’re ready to continue our work alongside Congress to advance legislation that unlocks the full potential of the CSP and gives more students, everywhere, the chance to succeed.
Boardhawk
Tuesday’s election featured a clean sweep for candidates backed by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. Vernon Jones Junior joins us to dissect the election and discuss its implications for the future of Denver Public Schools.
