New proposed federal rules from the Trump administration aim to make it nearly impossible for transgender youth to receive gender-affirming care in the United States. One proposed rule within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would prohibit any medical organization that promotes or provides such care from receiving federal Medicaid funding. It would also forbid the…
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Washington, D.C.— Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end in sight. Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across 41 states and Puerto Rico will not get their federal grant funding come Nov. 1…
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Two months after Education Secretary Linda McMahon was confirmed, she and a small team from the department met with leadership from the National Center for Learning Disabilities, an advocacy group that works on behalf of millions of students with dyslexia and other disorders. Jacqueline Rodriguez, NCLD’s chief executive officer, recalled pressing McMahon on a question raised during her…
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