January
WF 1_9_26 Governors Can Now Opt In to Federal School Choice Provision; Presidential 1776 Competition for High School Students; Clergy Act Passes House Committee; Just Around the Corner—National School Choice Week; March for Life to Take Place January 23, 2026
WF 1_16_26 March for Life to Take Place Next Week: January 23, 2026; Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments for Cases about Protecting Women’s Sports; 9th Circuit Court Upholds Religious Liberty of Yakima Union Gospel Mission; House Committee Passes Pregnant Students’ Rights Act; Just Around the Corner—National School Choice Week
WF 1_23_26 March for Life Today!; Virginia is the First State to Officially Opt In to the Federal School Choice, Other States Join; Nominations for Teacher of the Year Due February 6; Federal Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Free Speech
WF 1_30_26 Introducing the Youth Legislative Development Conference; National Leaders and Events Celebrate National School Choice Week; Idaho Supreme Court Hears Arguments for School Choice Programs; March for Life and the Pro-Life Movement
February
WF 2_6_26 Greater Than Campaign Seeks to Overturn Obergefell; Tennessee Lawsuit over Religious Charter School; Pregnant Students’ Rights Act Passes House, Stalls in Senate; Department of Education Issues Proposed Rule on Federal Student Loans
WF 2_13_26 Virginia Bill That Threatened Liberty of Private, Religious Schools Is Defeated; Court Case and Medical Community Recognize Harm in Sex-Rejecting Procedures for Minors; Fifth Religious Liberty Commission Meeting Sparks Contention, Debate
WF 2_20_26 Idaho Supreme Court Upholds State Tax Credit Program; Departments of Ed and Treasury Publish Fact Sheet on School Choice Provision; Oklahoma Rejects Application for Religious Charter School; Resource for Teaching American History
WF 2_27_26 AACS Joins Amicus Brief in Youth 71Five Ministries Case; The State of the Union Includes Protection of Minors and Parental Rights; Education Department Announces New Partnerships with Other Agencies
March
WF 3_6_26 America’s 250th Birthday Generates Opportunities for Students and Educators; AACS Submits Public Comments on RISE Proposed Rule; Religious Freedom Index Gives Insight into Public Opinion of Religious Liberty
WF 3_13_26 Study Shows School Choice Helps Public School Outcomes; Supreme Court Upholds Parental Rights Over Schools’ Gender Secrecy Policy; Indiana Court Ruling Blocks Pro-Life Law, Protecting Abortion Under the Guise of Religious Freedom
WF 3_20_26 Advancing School Choice Through the Education Freedom Tax Credit; Kentucky Legislature Overrides Veto of a Bill That Opts the State Into the School Choice Provision; Report Reveals How Teens View and Use AI; Education Resource: The Heritage Guide to Historic Sites
WF 3_27_26 Federal School Choice Provision Widely Popular; AACS Joins Amicus Brief in Religious Autonomy Case; Religious Liberty Win for Moody Bible Institute
April
WF 4_3_26 Supreme Court Rules 8-1 in Favor of Christian Counselor; House Introduces Bill to Protect Tax-Exempt Status of Religious Organizations; Student Loans Move to Treasury from Education Department; Preacher Wins Case at Supreme Court
WF 4_10_26 AACS Hosts National Bible, Fine Arts, and Academic Competition Next Week; National Center for Educational Statistics Conducts Private School Survey; Judge Rejects Settlement to Lift Johnson Amendment; Report Shows Strong Link Between Faith and Academic Advantages; Federal Court Upholds Law which Protects Minors from Gender Ideology
WF 4_24_26 AACS Hosts National Bible, Fine Arts, and Academic Competition; Four State Legislatures Vote on Federal School Choice Program; Final Meeting for Religious Liberty Commission; Federal Court Bars Religious Textbooks in Publicly Funded Homeschooling
May
WF 5_1_26 Rising Demand for School Choice Options Reflected in Surge of Applications in Several States; Trump Administration Works to Protect Parental Rights from Harmful Gender Ideology Policies; Department of Ed Publishes Info Sheet on Student Loan Changes in the OBBBA; Department of Ed Rescinds Past Title IX Agreements
WF 5_8_26 Education Department Launches Real-Time FAFSA Fraud Detection; DOJ Task Force Releases Report on Anti-Christian Bias; Documentary Film Resource on America’s Founding and the Influence of Christianity on Civilization; SCOTUS Temporarily Reinstates Access to Mail-Order Abortion Drugs
WF 5_15_26 New York Governor Intends to Opt into National School Choice Provision; Second Lady Announces Summer Reading Challenge; Department of Ed Releases Final Rule on Federal Student Loans; Some PPP Loans Flagged as Fraudulent and Under Investigation
WF 5_22_26 Wyoming Supreme Court Rules in Favor of School Choice Program; Trump DOL Rescinds Overtime Rule; Supreme Court Ruling on Mifepristone; Secretary McMahon Appears Before House Committee
WF 5_29_26 Colorado Bill Dies that Would Have Restricted Participation in EFTC; Vermont Principals Association Agrees to Settlement with Christian School; Supreme Court to Hear Title IX Case; Church Attendance Is Up
June
WF 6_5_26 Education Department Releases Dear Colleague Letter on ESEA Transferability; Report Offers Reason for Learning Loss; Department of Ed Looks to Hire; HHS Brings Back Religious Freedom Division
WF 6_12_26 NC Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto to Opt In to School Choice Provision; Court Rules in Favor of Religious Liberty; “Nation’s Report Card” Announces Expanding Testing Schedule; Support for “Same-Sex Marriage” Sees Sharp Decline
WF 6_19_26 Treasury Releases Preview of Regulations for Federal School Choice Program; House Committee Advances Education Funding Bill; Final Round for Student 1776 Competition to Be Broadcast; Opportunity for Educators Teaching About Liberty
WF 6_26_26 AACS Washington Office Welcomes Summer Interns; Teacher Union Influence Declining; Ninth Circuit Decides for a Re-Hearing of a Religious Hiring Case; Court Rules for Religious Freedom of Judge in Marriage Case
July
WF 7_03_26 Special Independence Day Message
WF 7_17_26 The AACS Remembers Senator Lindsey Graham; AACS Hosts the Youth Legislative Development Conference; Supreme Court Rules to Protect Girls’ Sports; Religious Liberty Commission Releases Report
WF 7_24_26 Congratulations to the Vance Family; AACS Submits Public Comments on Federal Financial Assistance Rule; House Ed and Workforce Committee Releases Legislative Package of 10 Education Bills; Poll Shows Majority Believe that Children Need a Mother and Father
WF 7_31_26 Register Today for the AACS National Legislative Conference; Maryland and Oregon Democrat Governors Oppose National School Choice Program; ED Screens Out 53,000 FAFSA Applications for Ghost Students; Free Training for Bomb Threat Assessment for K-12 Leaders and Staff
August
WF 8_07_26 Register Today for the AACS National Legislative Conference; Amicus Briefs Filed in School Choice/Religious Liberty Case Before Supreme Court; Pennsylvania Legislature Overrides Governor’s Decision to Eliminate State School Choice; President Trump Writes a Letter Welcoming Students Back to School
WF 8_14_26 Today is the Final Day for a Discount to the AACS National Legislative Conference; Department of Justice Religious Liberty Guidance; Protect College Sports Act Stalls in Senate; School Safety Campaign
WF 8_21_26 School Choice Victory in Arizona; New Report Shows School Choice Aids Student Performance in Wisconsin; 2nd Circuit Court Upholds Freedom of Church to Select Leaders; New Trump Rule Cuts Federal Funding for Child Sex-Rejecting Procedures
WF 8_28_26 White House Celebrates School Choice at Rose Garden Event, Cyber Defense Agency Provides Cybersecurity Resource Package for Schools, EEOC Settles With Christian Employer Over Gender Identity Dispute
September
WF 9_04_26 DOJ Releases Memorandum Declaring the Government Cannot Restrict Funding Based on Religion; Georgia Family Files Lawsuit Over Requirements of Scholarship Program; Education Department Issues Guidance on Use of Technology in Education
WF 9_11_26 The AACS Remembers September 11; Secretary of Education Releases Dear Colleague Letter Regarding Sexual Harassment in Schools; IRS Proposed Rule Would Strip Colleges of Tax-Exempt Status for Racial Discrimination; Next Week—AACS to Host the National Legislative Conference
WF 9_25_26 AACS Hosts National Legislative Conference; Case Appealed to SCOTUS Regarding Special Education Access for Private Schools; Liberty University Students Ask Supreme Court for Access to Scholarships for Religious Degrees
October
WF 10_2_26 ONPE Hosts Annual Conference for Private School Leaders; AACS Signs On to Amicus Brief to Overturn Locke; American Student Reading Scores Drop
WF 10_9_26 Proposed Regulations for National School Choice Published by Department of Treasury, New Reports Show Vast Benefits for Students and Donors through the EFTC, Department of Education Officially Rescinds Biden Title IX Rule
WF 10_16_26 New York Governor Opts Into Federal School Choice Program, Clergy Act Passes Senate, Secretary of Education Encourages Schools to Teach Evils of Socialism and Communism
WF 10_23_26 Oregon Elementary School Faces Tragedy; New Report Shows Students with Disabilities Enroll in School Choice Programs; Court Rules Against Ohio School Choice Program, but Also Allows Program to Continue