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Governor Signs Portantino’s Mental Health Education Bills Into Law - Pasadena Now

October 8, 2021

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Friday authored by State Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge) aimed at improving mental health support in schools.…

Changes to California’s youth prison system prove difficult to implement - EdSource

October 7, 2021

California sought to reform its juvenile justice system by housing young people closer to their communities in facilities that are intended to replace the youth prisons run by the Department of Juvenile Justice. If Los Angeles County’s experience is any indication, making that shift is…

Mental Health Education Bill Authored by Senator Portantino Approved by Legislature, Heads to Governor’s Desk - Pasadena Now

September 3, 2021

Senate Bill 224, authored by State Senator Anthony J. Portantino (D – La Cañada Flintridge), was approved by the Legislature with bipartisan support and is headed to the Governor’s desk. SB 224 addresses the growing mental health crisis among California’s youth by implementing mental health…

OCR opens discrimination investigation into Texas ban on school mask mandates - K-12 Dive

August 30, 2021

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona hinted in a blog two weeks ago at using the teeth of civil rights laws to give local school leaders the authority to set masking policies for students and staff. That warning followed a memo from President Joe Biden…

GOP bans on school masks draw federal civil rights challenges - Politico

August 26, 2021

Disability rights advocates are taking on Republican governors who block school mask requirements, launching a slew of federal civil rights lawsuits that could serve as a blueprint for the Biden administration as it weighs legal options to fight the policies.…

Migrant Children Spend Weeks at US Shelters as More Arrive - Associated Press

August 26, 2021

Five months after the Biden administration declared an emergency and raced to set up shelters to house a record number of children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone, kids continue to languish at the sites, while more keep coming, child welfare advocates say.…

Kansas to pay $2.2M in legal costs in child welfare lawsuit - Associated Press

August 19, 2021

A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Kansas must pay more than $2.2 million in attorney fees to the groups that filed a lawsuit over problems in the child welfare system.…

Biden administration faces lawsuit over ‘shockingly deplorable’ child migrant conditions in Texas - Fox News

August 14, 2021

Lawyers representing children in U.S. immigration custody sued the Biden administration over its handling of child migrants in two Texas facilities — as attorneys claim migrants have suffered mental distress and suffered “shockingly deplorable” conditions.…

Why is the Biden administration still keeping migrant kids locked up? The saga of Title 42 - Salon

August 13, 2021

“A lot of girls cry. They have thoughts of cutting themselves,” a 14-year old Guatemalan girl told a Reuters reporter in June. “I feel asphyxiated having so many people around me. There’s no one here I can talk to about my case, or when I’m…

Threat assessments: Preventing school violence or creating student trauma? - K-12 Dive

August 10, 2021

The school safety approach is used to evaluate a student’s potential to cause school violence, but critics say the practice is discriminatory and harmful.…