Education Policy

As of 2025, Ohio became the 45th U.S. state to allow high school athletes to enter into name, image and likeness (NIL) agreements.

As of 2025, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, and Wyoming were the U.S. states without a high school NIL framework in place.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association's 2025 NIL bylaw establishes reporting procedures and limitations designed to allow high school student-athletes to monetize their name, image and likeness while preserving athletic eligibility and complying with recruiting and amateurism bylaws.

In recent years, some U.S. states have expanded statewide school voucher and scholarship initiatives, including Texas enacting a program valued at $1 billion.

Tennessee's statewide voucher initiative for the 2025-26 school year authorizes up to 20,000 education vouchers of about $7,300 each.

Under Tennessee's voucher law, private schools accepting vouchers are not required to administer the full Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program and may instead administer a national standardized test.

Tennessee's voucher law includes a 'hold harmless' provision that provides additional state funding to school districts that experience student disenrollment to private schools through the voucher program.

The U.S. federal Title I program provides federal funding to elementary and secondary schools with large concentrations of low-income students.

The U.S. Department of Education administers grant programs and oversight functions related to elementary and secondary education, higher education, Native American education, international education programs, child care grants, and panels that review foreign medical schools.

The U.S. Department of Education serves as a conduit for billions of dollars in federal aid that flow to state and local education agencies.

The U.S. federal student loan portfolio is approximately $1.6 trillion and is managed by the U.S. Department of Education.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is a primary mechanism through which colleges and universities determine and provide financial aid packages to incoming students, and the U.S. Department of Education provides support for people completing the FAFSA.

Title I is a federal program that provides funding targeted to schools serving high concentrations of students from low-income families.

The U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) designated four areas of national need for its FY2025 competitive grants program: promoting civil discourse, expanding the use of artificial intelligence, building capacity for high-quality short-term programs, and encouraging accreditation reform.

The Department of Education set seven priorities under the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) for the FY2025 competition to support the identified national needs.

FIPSE planned to distribute $60 million in grants under a single absolute priority for the FY2025 competition that includes promoting civil discourse on college and university campuses.

Eligible activities to promote civil discourse under the FIPSE FY2025 priority include seminars, speaker series, conferences, debates, and other learning opportunities that present a range of viewpoints and encourage dialogue on college and university campuses.

Jefferson County Public Schools' policy states that students may be assigned overnight accommodations based on gender identity.

The federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) establishes a parental right to inspect instructional materials used to instruct their children in schools.

Title IX is invoked in legal disputes concerning the protection of women's sports and questions about the law's national enforcement.