Hawaiʻi public schools serving East Honolulu began the 2026-27 year Aug. 3 under a newly adopted statewide cellphone-use policy, alongside department reminders on attendance, buses and meals.
Cedar Rapids Community School District plans to launch its Upper Schools and Academies model this month as part of its College and Career Pathways redesign, ahead of the Aug. 25 first full day of school.
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown led a 15-state lawsuit filed July 10 seeking to block the U.S. Department of Education from ending school mental-health grants. The state projected Washington schools and universities could lose more than $20 million.
Most Boise School District K-12 students are scheduled to begin the 2026-27 school year Aug. 12, with pre-K and early-childhood special-education programs beginning Aug. 17.
The U.S. Department of Education announced April 17 that Topeka Public Schools, USD 501, was among four Kansas districts found to have violated federal education law. The district faces a proposed resolution process involving student records, facilities and athletics policies.
The City of Trenton and the New Jersey Schools Development Authority held a July 10, 2026, groundbreaking for a new elementary school, beginning the project’s construction phase.
Every Ohio school district board is required to adopt a student-absence policy by Aug. 1, 2026, setting local family-notification procedures and intervention supports.
Valor Classical Academy says it plans to open as a tuition-free public charter school serving South Meridian and nearby communities in August 2026, though a first day and enrollment total have not been confirmed.
Wichita Public Schools is preparing residents for a proposed Nov. 3, 2026, bond election after a state-board agenda included authorization for USD 259 to seek an election beyond its general bond-debt limit.
Nearly $466,000 in proposed grants was set for Worcester School Committee consideration July 14, with proposed uses spanning ninth-grade biology materials, teacher training, career and technical education, and middle-school sports.
The Harrisburg School District will receive $124 million in total state funding for the 2026-27 school year under Pennsylvania’s enacted budget, according to local reporting.
Springfield Public Schools District 186 has approved an Aug. 24, 2026, start for the 2026-27 school year, keeping the opening of classes after the Illinois State Fair.
Federal officials said Shawnee Mission School District’s student-records and sex-based facility policies violated federal law, proposing corrective terms that could affect records access, athletics and student accommodations.
Lansing School District says cross-district Schools of Choice applications for 2026-27 are due Aug. 28, while a separate Grade 9 transfer deadline passed Aug. 1.
Rhode Island’s K-12 education council approved an order transitioning Providence Public Schools to local control, effective July 1, 2026. The transition follows state intervention that began in 2019 and includes municipal-funding expectations.
Alaska school districts could receive up to $115 million in one-time education funding tied to higher oil revenue, but the final amount will not be determined until August 31.
Franklin County Schools will offer tuition-free, full-day preschool to district four-year-olds during the 2026-27 school year under a two-year pilot program.
Grand Rapids Public Schools has scheduled a Board of Education work session for Aug. 3, three weeks before the district’s first day of classes on Aug. 24.
Gov. Kelly Ayotte signed HB 1300 on July 15, 2026, requiring school-tax-cap votes to appear on New Hampshire general-election ballots in 2026 and 2028.
A final forensic audit released July 8 identified $54.2 million in Memphis-Shelby County Schools transactions as potential fraud, waste or abuse, intensifying accountability questions as the district prepares for 2026-27.
Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District plan to hold their 2026 Back-to-School Festival on Aug. 8, with 3,000 free kits planned and 148 organizations committed.
Saint Paul Public Schools announced the inaugural SUTR undergraduate program with the University of St. Thomas on June 23, 2026. The district has not disclosed cohort size, funding or a completion timeline.
