Education Across the States

Alex and Jordan apply Part 1's advocate evaluation framework to four clearly-labeled composite advocate profiles, walk through a model written agreement clause by clause, show how to read fees and invoices in practice, and demonstrate good advocacy in an IEP meeting and across New Hampshire dispute options — general information, not legal advice. Sources: Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) family guidance, advocate training (SEAT 2.0) and directory — https://copaa.org ; Parent Information Center of New Hampshire — https://picnh.org ; Disability Rights Center – NH — https://www.drcnh.org ; New Hampshire Department of Education, special education and dispute resolution (facilitated team meetings, mediation, neutral conferences, state complaints, due process) — https://www.education.nh.gov — search the NHED site for 'dispute resolution' and 'special education process'. Verify 34 CFR 300.512 by searching '34 CFR 300.512 hearing rights accompanied and advised' on ecfr.gov or govinfo.gov. Listener poll: https://strawpoll.com/xVg718Km6yr

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Super Typhoon In-Fa crossed the Northern Islands overnight while every public school in the Commonwealth sat outside the warning area — and early voting rolls into its final weekend with a new Board of Education on the ballot. Sources: National Weather Service, Tiyan, Guam, typhoon warnings and local statements for Alamagan, Pagan, and Agrihan, October 29-30, 2026 (weather.gov/gum — storm advisories for Typhoon In-Fa); Marianas Variety, 'In-Fa reintensifies into super typhoon, bears down on Agrihan,' October 30, 2026 (mvariety.com — search the headline); Weatherboy, 'Category 4 Typhoon In-fa takes aim at remote northern Mariana Islands,' October 29-30, 2026 (weatherboy.com — forecast winds, rainfall, and inundation figures); CNMI Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management bulletin on Typhoon Condition III for the Northern Islands (reported October 29-30, 2026); Commonwealth Election Commission, 2026 General Election Important Dates and October 30, 2026 meeting notice (votecnmi.gov.mp — early voting October 27-November 2, Northern Islands early voting from September 18, Election Day November 3, elected officials take office January 11, 2027); Isla Public, 'CNMI voters head to polls early; runoff plans already underway,' October 28, 2026 (islapublic.org — early voting locations, 18,521 registered voters, runoff contingency, gubernatorial tickets); 1 CMC § 2261, Board of Education (cnmilaw.gov — five elected voting members: one Rota, one Tinian, three Saipan and the Northern Islands).

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American Samoa's new Parent Portal lets a family view a child's academic progress online, but access starts with identity verification at the school and a printed Web ID and Password Letter picked up in person — a walk through ASDOE's August 26, 2026 procedures, both request routes, the old-portal migration, and the rollout questions the guide does not answer. Sources: American Samoa Department of Education, New Parent Portal Request Procedures Quick Reference Guide (last updated August 26, 2026), https://www.amsamoadoe.com/_files/ugd/b063e1_e8f86f1a77114b1f81edc8039dd7978c.pdf — step-by-step access routes through the school and through the Integrated Data Services (IDS) Office, account creation at ps.doe.as/public, and password reset on page 7; American Samoa Department of Education homepage, https://www.amsamoadoe.com — system totals of more than 12,000 students, 22 early childhood education sites, 23 elementary schools, and 6 high schools. Both sources retrieved October 31, 2026.

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Tuesday's general election puts Board of Education seats on the ballot in both districts and runs the vote out of school gyms and auditoriums — including a last-minute St. Croix center swap after a modular gym's air conditioning failed. Sources: Elections System of the Virgin Islands, 'St. Croix Educational Complex High School Opens as a Voter Center' (published October 30, 2026; vivote.gov — voting center list, hours, and the Central High School Modular Gymnasium air-conditioning failure); Elections System of the Virgin Islands, Notice of General Election and official candidate listings / casting of lots for the November 3, 2026 general election (vivote.gov — Board of Education races in both districts; St. Thomas–St. John voting centers); Virgin Islands Board of Education (myviboe.com — nine elected members, four-year terms, certification, standards and policy, student financial aid; Title 17, Chapter 3); Education Commission of the States, Statewide Elections Dashboard (ecs.org — U.S. Virgin Islands among jurisdictions holding direct board of education elections in November 2026); Virgin Islands Department of Education homepage (vide.vi, retrieved October 31, 2026 — student exhibition opening October 31, 2026, Christiansted).

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The chair of Guam's legislative education committee says the schools are out of triage and recovery will be measured by what children are learning — what his statement asks for, the grade-level scores underneath it, and the specific plan that does not exist yet. Plus Tuesday's asynchronous makeup day and a youth-program report-back. Sources: Guam News Network, 'Borja calls for academic recovery as GDOE test scores show low proficiency' (statement by Sen. Vincent Borja, chair of the Committee on Education, Libraries and Public Broadcasting, responding to the SY2025-26 Smarter Balanced results in the superintendent's State of Public Education address; retrieved October 31, 2026; guamnewsnetwork.com — search the headline); Guam News Network, 'GDOE identifies Nov. 3 as make-up day for storm-related school closures' (asynchronous instruction, packet distribution by October 30, 2026, Adequate Education Act 180-day requirement, participation monitoring commitment; retrieved October 31, 2026; guamnewsnetwork.com — search the headline); Isla Public Radio / KPRG, 'GDOL extends In-School Youth Program application deadline to Oct. 30' (October 22, 2026; applications closed October 30, 2026 with no further extension found in Guam Department of Labor / Guam Community College sources checked October 31, 2026; islapublic.org); Guam Election Commission, candidate qualifications and Education Board method of election (six elected at-large members, two-year terms, 17 GCA 3102.3(b); polls November 3, 2026, 7 AM–8 PM; gec.guam.gov).

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New CADRE data for 2024-25 put Puerto Rico with New York and California in more than 72 percent of the nation's special education due process complaints, while PRDE's Reading Promoter project reaches 141 schools two months late. Sources: CADRE, National and State Dispute Resolution Data Dashboard and Trends in Dispute Resolution under the IDEA (updated October 2026), cadreworks.org/national-state-dr-data-dashboard; K-12 Dive, 'Special education disputes continue to rise,' October 29-30, 2026, k12dive.com (search K-12 Dive for the headline); EdSource news brief, 'Special education disputes on the rise,' October 30, 2026, edsource.org; U.S. Department of Education, OSEP, Puerto Rico IDEA Part B SPP/APR and determination package for FFY 2024, sites.ed.gov/idea (search 'Puerto Rico 2026 SPP APR determination Needs Assistance'); Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, 'Puerto Rico Education Department Launches Reading Promoter Project,' October 6, 2026, periodismoinvestigativo.com (search CPI for the headline), reporting PRDE's October 1, 2026 circular letter on Support for the Reading Promoter Teacher, 141 schools and 282 part-time Title I positions.

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Tuesday's Wyoming ballot decides more than Proposition One — a citizen initiative that needs a majority of all ballots cast, so leaving it blank counts toward the no side — plus the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and school board seats across the state, and a Cheyenne elementary school earns national recognition for inclusion. Sources: Wyoming Decides, 'Wyoming Proposition 1, Explained' (nonpartisan voter guide, updated October 28, 2026; wyomingdecides.org — counting rule, eligibility, stacking with the 25 percent exemption, fiscal estimates, property tax distribution); Casper College, 'CC Trustees Release Resolution on Proposition 1' (adopted October 20, 2026; caspercollege.edu — search the headline on the site); Park County, Wyoming, 2026 General Sample Ballots page (early and absentee voting October 6 through November 2, 2026); Wyoming Tribune Eagle via wyomingnews.com, 'Coyote Ridge Elementary School in Cheyenne recognized by Special Olympics for achievements in inclusion' (October 26, 2026; search the headline on wyomingnews.com) and 'General Election 2026: Who's Who on the Ballot' (Sweetwater County school board races); SweetwaterNOW, 'Rock Springs Chamber Hosts School Board Forum Tonight' (October 14, 2026); Special Olympics, National Banner Unified Champion Schools recognition program (specialolympics.org — ten standards, four-year renewal, next cycle Spring 2027); Wyoming Department of Education, Superintendent's update on proposed Language and Literacy Rules (October 19, 2026; edu.wyoming.gov) and WDE notice seeking public comment on the Alternate Assessment Participation Waiver Extension Request (comments due December 4, 2026; virtual meetings November 3 and 5, 2026; edu.wyoming.gov).

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Wisconsin's 2025-26 school and district report cards go public on November 17, two weeks after voters choose a governor who campaigned on either defending school choice or replacing star ratings with A-through-F grades. Plus Appleton's adopted budget, where the levy rises and the rate falls, and Milwaukee's amended budget, where a one-time boost from departing charter schools masks a longer-term cost.

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- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Report Card Timeline for 2025-26 Report Cards (checked October 31, 2026; secure release October 1, inquiry window October 1-12, final review November 12, public release November 17, statutory outer date November 30; report cards governed by Wis. Stat. 115.385): https://dpi.wi.gov/accountability/report-cards/timeline

- Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Report Card Resources (priority areas and statutory basis; checked October 31, 2026): search dpi.wi.gov for 'Report Card Resources'

- Appleton Post-Crescent, 'Enrollment down, tax levy up after 2026 Appleton school budget passes' (October 28, 2026; board adopted October 26; budget, levy, rate, enrollment, kindergarten, and voucher figures): https://www.postcrescent.com/story/news/education/2026/10/28/appleton-schools-hike-taxes-amid-enrollment-drop/92442822007/

- City Forward Collective, 'Your MKE Edu News Brief: 10/30/2026' (October 30, 2026; MPS amended budget adoption and levy, MPS October 27 budget presentation charter-savings figure, CFC analysis of state and district budget documents, governor debate positions on the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and report cards, MPS Budget Advisory Committee rescheduled to November 5): https://cfcmke.substack.com/p/your-mke-edu-news-brief-10302026

- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 'Wisconsin school aid expected to fall for two-thirds of districts' (October 29, 2026; certified general aid context): https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2026/10/29/wisconsin-general-aid-falls-for-nearly-two-thirds-of-school-districts/92444178007/

- Green Bay Press-Gazette and Green Bay Area Public School District board sources, searched October 31, 2026 for the October 26, 2026 budget and levy vote outcome (only pre-vote proposal coverage found; search greenbaypressgazette.com for 'GBAPS proposed budget')

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A new West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy issue brief traces where Hope Scholarship dollars actually go — seventy-five million dollars paid out in fiscal twenty twenty-six, seven point two million to run the program, eleven point three million left unspent, and more than four point four million sent out of state — plus the Kanawha County school levy renewal on Tuesday's ballot in the state's largest district, a Patten v. Hanshaw filing deadline that lands today, and day four of the Barbour County internet outage. Sources: West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, 'Missed Opportunities, Hidden Costs, and Minimal Benefits: Another Lesson From the Hope Scholarship,' issue brief published October 30, 2026 (wvpolicy.org — search the brief title on the site); West Virginia Pulse, 'Kanawha County School Levy Is on Tuesday's Ballot' (westvirginiapulse.com — search 'Kanawha County school levy' on the site); West Virginia Department of Education, WVDE Weekly Updates, October 26, 2026 (Career Technical Education Classroom2Career Expansion Grant, applications due November 16, 2026); West Virginia Department of Education release on the Board's position in Patten v. Hanshaw (wvde.us — search 'Patten' on wvde.us); DysruptionHub Cyber Incident Registry, Barbour County Schools entry, updated October 30, 2026.

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A Washington State Auditor audit of Des Moines charter school Why Not You Academy, closed June 30, 2026, finds about $3.8 million in debt due by June 2027 with insufficient funds to repay it, after the school improved a leased building for about 400 students but served about 64 in its final year. Plus: OSPI's post-school outcome survey for former students with disabilities closes November 1, and OSPI's October position on keeping special education in the U.S. Department of Education. Sources: Washington State Auditor's Office, Accountability Audit Report, Cascade Public Schools (Why Not You Academy), period September 1, 2024–June 30, 2026, published October 12, 2026 (search portal.sao.wa.gov Report Search for 'Cascade Public Schools'); Olympic Herald, 'Audit Finds Closed Why Not You Academy Lacks Funds to Repay $3.8 Million in Debt,' October 13, 2026; OSPI Special Education Update — October 2026 (GovDelivery bulletin, content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WAOSPI — Fiscal & Data updates: Post-School Outcome Survey closes November 1; Special Education November Federal Child Count); OSPI Reports to the Legislature — Post-School Outcomes for Students with Disabilities (2022 Post-School Survey: 78.87% of 7,938 eligible former students); Seattle Times reporting via Anacortes Now, March 25, 2024, on post-school outcome rates for former students with disabilities.

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