WF 1_10_25 AACS Joins Amicus Brief in Church Autonomy Case; COMING SOON: National School Choice Week; Tennessee Report Shows Parent Satisfaction and Student Gains in School Choice Program; Biden Administration Withdraws One Controversial Title IX Rule, Loses Court Case on Another
WF 1_17_25 NEXT WEEK—March for Life; Coming Soon—National School Choice Week; Judge Blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule from Taking Effect Nationwide; Maine Religious Schools Challenge Religious Discrimination in School Choice Program; Rep. Tim Walberg Selected as Next Chair of Ed and Workforce Committee
WF 1_24_25 TODAY: The 52nd March for Life; President Trump Signs Executive Order Declaring Only Two Sexes; Tennessee Special Legislative Session to Consider School Choice Next Week; NEXT WEEK: National School Choice Week; Nominations for Christian School Teacher of the Year Due February 14
WF 1_31_25 President Trump Signs Executive Orders for Expanding School Choice and Ending Indoctrination in Schools; Supreme Court to Take Religious Charter School Case; Supreme Court to Take Parental Rights Case Involving LGBT Books in Schools; Nominations for Christian School Teacher of the Year Due February 14
WF 2_07_25 School Choice State Update: Tennessee Passes Universal Program, Texas Moves Closer to Goal; National School Choice Week Highlights; The Nation’s Report Card Releases Dismal Scores; Trump Issues Pro-Life Executive Orders; Last Week for Nominations for Christian School Teacher of the Year—Due February 14
WF 2_14_25 Trump Signs Executive Orders to Protect Children and Women’s Sports; Department of Education Terminates Contracts, Places Staffers on Leave; Illinois Bill Threatens Autonomy of Private Schools and Parental Rights; New Executive Orders to Protect Religious Liberty and Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias in the Government
WF 2_21_25 Linda McMahon Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing to be Secretary of Education; Department of Ed Cuts Funding for “Divisive Teacher Training”; Poll: Young Voters Support Limits on Abortion
WF 2_28_25 Victory for School Choice and First Amendment Rights in Colorado Preschool Program; First Circuit Upholds Transgender Policy, Violating Parental Rights; States Petition SCOTUS to Overturn Obergefell; Department of Ed Removes Nonbinary Option from FAFSA Forms
WF 3_7_25 Newly Confirmed Secretary of Education Linda McMahon: “Our Department’s Final Mission”; School Choice Victories in Idaho and Wyoming, on the Horizon for Texas; Democrats Block Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act; Decline of Christianity Slowing
WF 3_14_25 AACS Accepting Applications for the Youth Legislative Training Conference; AACS Joins Amicus Brief for Religious Liberty Hiring Case for Gospel Mission; Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on Religious Liberty and Christian Counseling; Trump Administration Appeals Overtime Rule
WF 3_21_25 AACS Accepting Applications for the Youth Legislative Training Conference; Trump Signs Executive Order to Dismantle the Department of Education; School Choice Hearing on Capitol Hill; Department of Education Makes Significant Cuts to Employee Positions
WF 3_28_25 Applications for AACS Youth Legislative Training Conference Due MONDAY, MARCH 31; Who’s Afraid of School Choice?; Religious Liberty Victory for the Herzog Foundation; Congress Reintroduces Legislation to Allow More Parental Choice in Child Care Block Grants
WF 4_4_25 AACS Hosts National Bible, Fine Arts, and Academic Competition Next Week; Department of Education Encourages States to Expand School Choice through Title I; Kentucky Legislature Votes to Protect Minors and Override Governor Veto; Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Funding Cuts at the Department of Education
WF 4_18_25 AACS Hosts National Bible, Fine Arts, and Academic Competition; Congress Considers School Choice as Part of Reconciliation Bill; Republican Lawmakers Sign Amicus Brief Supporting Parental Rights in Case Before Supreme Court; Colorado House Passes Bill Threatening Parental Rights
WF 4_25_25 Texas Legislature Passes School Choice, Moving it to the Governor’s Desk; Surveys Show Increase in Young People Growing in Faith; Oral Arguments for Supreme Court Involving Parental Rights and Religious Liberty
WF 5_2_25 Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments for Case over Religious Charter School; Research Shows Success Rate of Students Who Are Recipients of School Choice; Religious Liberty Case Before the Supreme Court
WF 5_9_25 White House Releases Proposal for Education Budget; President Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish Religious Liberty Commission; DOJ Launches Taskforce to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias in Government; Education Secretary: “Responsibility of Raising Children Belongs to Parents, not to the Government”
WF 5_16_25 Congratulations to Two AACS Teachers Named Teacher of the Year; School Choice Bill Passes Committee with Changes and Challenges; Antisemitism Awareness Act Runs into Roadblocks in the Senate; HHS Report Questions “Best Practices” for Treatment of Pediatric Gender Dysphoria
WF 5_23_25 Religious Liberty Back in Federal School Choice Bill; HHS Guidance Highlights Educational Choice Options and Religious Liberty; Tax Cuts for Families and 529 Expansion in “Big, Beautiful Bill”
WF 5_30_25 Supreme Court Rules on Religious Charter School Case; Judge Rules Against Trump’s Efforts to Close Department of Education; Utah School Choice Program Ruled Unconstitutional in Lawsuit from Teachers’ Union; California Agrees to Placement of Special Education Students in Religious Schools
WF 6_6_25 AACS Welcomes Summer Interns; Embattled Fuller Theological Seminary Recommits to Biblical Teaching on Sexuality; Christian Camp Sues Colorado Regarding Decision that Violates Religious Beliefs; Nebraska Passes Bill Protecting Women’s Sports
WF 6_13_25 New Hampshire Passes Universal School Choice; Supreme Court Decides in Favor of Religious Charity in Unanimous Decision; Reason Foundation Study on Open Enrollment and School Choice; White House Releases Merit Hiring Plan
WF 6_20_25 Supreme Court Rules to Uphold Tennessee Law Protecting Minors from Harmful Medical Procedures; New Poll Shows Strong Support for School Choice from Both Republicans and Democrats; Religious Liberty Commission Holds First Hearing
WF 6_27_25 Senate Finance Releases Text of Senate Version of “Big, Beautiful Bill” with School Choice Included, Poll Shows Fewer Americans Find “Changing Genders” to be “Morally Acceptable, Ten Commandments in Schools in Texas, Blocked in Louisiana
WF 7_3_25 Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Parents’ Religious Freedom; One Big Beautiful Bill Passes Senate with Limited School Choice; Supreme Court Rules Against Planned Parenthood; Victory for Christian Camp
WF 7_18_25 AACS Hosts Youth Legislative Training Conference; IRS Changes Rule for Pastors; Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Cases Involving Laws Protecting Women’s Sports
WF 7_25_25 Trump Administration Withholds Education Grant Funding; Wyoming Teachers’ Union Blocks School Choice Program through Courts; Supreme Court Allows for Cuts to the Department of Education; Sixth Circuit Court Affirms Ministerial Exception in Christian School Case
WF 8_1_25 Register Today for the AACS National Legislative Conference; Update: Trump Administration Releases Education Grant Funding; Free Speech and Religious Liberty Victory for New York Photographer; Poll Shows Americans Are Becoming More Pro-Life
WF 8_8_25 Deadline is Today for the Discounted Rate to the AACS National Legislative Conference; Surveys Show Growth of Private Schools and More Parents Seeking School Options; Court Rules for Religious Liberty in Adoption Case; New Hampshire Passes Laws Protecting Minors from Harmful Transgender Procedures
WF 8_15_25 North Carolina Legislature Poised to Override Governor’s Veto of Joining Federal School Choice; Parent Survey Shows More Parents Are Considering School Choice; Trump Administration Protects Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace; Americans United for Separation of Church and State Sues to Stop New IRS Rule for Pastors