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California se acaba de convertir en el primer estado en regular los alimentos ultraprocesados en los almuerzos escolares. El gobernador Gavin Newsom firmó el Proyecto de Ley 1264 de la Asamblea el miércoles 8 de octubre. El departamento de salud estatal debe adoptar regulaciones que definan estos alimentos para...
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California has just become the first state to regulate “ultraprocessed foods” in school lunches. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1264 on Wednesday October 8. The state health department must adopt regulations defining those foods by June 2028. A year later, public K-12 schools would begin to phase out the most...
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Un proyecto de ley presentado en el Senado de los Estados Unidos garantizaría a todos los maestros de escuelas públicas en el país un salario mínimo de al menos $60,000 dólares al año. La Ley de Pago a Maestros, patrocinada por el senador independiente Bernie Sanders, de Vermont, también triplicaría...
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A bill filed in the U.S. Senate would guarantee all public schoolteachers across the U.S. a minimum salary of at least $60,000 dollars a year. The Pay Teachers Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would also triple funding allocated to schools for children from low-income families to more than...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Funding cuts. Raids near campuses. Exclusion from programs like Head Start and career training. For months, the Trump administration has been chipping away at the rights of students without legal status in public schools. Could the administration take away those students’ right to free public school...
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Children spend anywhere from 800 to 1,100 hours at school each year. For those with food allergies, that time comes with added risks. From cafeteria meals to classroom snacks, the risk of a food allergy exposure is an everyday concern. And with good reason: The U.S. Centers for Disease...
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Massachusetts educators are praising federal legislation to ensure public schoolteachers make a minimum of $60,000 a year. Supporters say the Pay Teachers Act would help fill the more than 4,000 teacher vacancies statewide and ensure fully certified teachers are staffing schools. Cory O’Hayer, a social studies teacher for Boston...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Los programas extraescolares y de verano de California recuperarán parte de su financiación después de que el gobierno federal dijera el viernes 18 de julio que restablecería las subvenciones que había retenido anteriormente. Pero el dinero está supeditado a que los estados cumplan las leyes de...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters California after-school and summer programs will get some of their funding back after the federal government said on Friday July 18 that it would restore grants it had previously withheld. But the money is contingent on states complying with Civil Rights laws – a cudgel the...