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Students are pictured at a Rochester Elementary School pre-K classroom. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell)

Report: Illinois stalls in efforts to expand preschool compared to other states

Article Summary A 2025 nationwide report on statewide early childhood education found that Illinois stalled in efforts to expand preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds. Recent governor-led initiatives ...

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Tennessee legislature passes Charlie Kirk Act, which could force colleges to punish students for protests
Ohio’s public universities are eliminating nearly 90 degree programs as a result of Senate Bill 1
A supermajority fractured: Rural Republicans break ranks as Tennessee passes school voucher expansion
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes education bill over voucher school expansion

Democracy Tennessee legislature passes Charlie Kirk Act, which could force colleges to punish students for protests By Richard Eberwein – 4/20/26

Last week, the Tennessee General Assembly sent Senate Bill 1741 to Gov. Bill Lee’s (R) desk, legislation that would limit college students and faculty from on-campus protesting and their First Amendment rights.

Education Ohio’s public universities are eliminating nearly 90 degree programs as a result of Senate Bill 1 By MEGAN HENRY Ohio Capital Journal – 4/16/26

Nearly 90 degree programs have been identified to be cut at Ohio’s public universities since Senate Bill 1 was signed into law a little over a year ago. Ohio colleges and universities are required ...

Education A supermajority fractured: Rural Republicans break ranks as Tennessee passes school voucher expansion By Richard Eberwein – 4/16/26

Before the Tennessee General Assembly passed a private school scholarship expansion bill this week, an unusual fracture within the GOP supermajorities widened as some rural Republicans voiced concerns over public education funding.

Education Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes education bill over voucher school expansion 3/31/26

On Monday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a bill that would have forced the state to opt into a national voucher school program.

Education Braun backs more Turning Point school clubs in Indiana to balance ‘the other side’ By Tom Davies Indiana Capital Chronicle – 3/12/26

Gov. Mike Braun on Thursday endorsed establishing student chapters of the conservative group Turning Point USA at all Indiana schools in starkly political terms, even while saying he wanted to ...

Education Oklahoma lawmakers advance anti-DEI higher education bill impacting university accreditation By Emma Murphy Oklahoma Voice – 2/25/26

OKLAHOMA CITY — House lawmakers voted Wednesday to advance legislation that would limit who can accredit Oklahoma’s colleges and universities based on their past diversity, equity, and inclusion ...

Education Ohio GOP bill would tie state university funding to compliance with new anti-diversity higher ed law By MEGAN HENRY Ohio Capital Journal – 2/25/26

An Ohio Republican lawmaker wants to tie compliance to a new higher education law that bans diversity efforts and regulates classroom discussion to state funding for universities. Ohio state Rep. Tom ...

Democracy Republican lawmakers call for investigation of Oklahoma student walkouts By Nuria Martinez-Keel Oklahoma Voice – 2/12/26

OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of Republican lawmakers have urged the state’s top education official to investigate student walkouts, a method of youth protest for decades. Over the past two weeks, ...

Economy Kansas House committee plunges paring knife into state’s public university budgets By Tim Carpenter Kansas Reflector – 2/05/26

TOPEKA — A Kansas House committee recommended a budget for the state’s six public universities that freezes tuition rates, reduces need-based student aid, requires development of plans to lower ...

Education Advocates: Michigan budget ‘shortchanges’ public schools By CHRYSTAL BLAIR Michigan News Connection – 10/13/25

Education advocates in Michigan said the state’s new $21.3 billion school budget does not go far enough to meet students’ needs. Critics of the plan contended it once again shifts money away ...

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