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School Board Notes • December 24, 2024,

Public Notice Bill Heads to the Governor’s Desk

NEW JERSEY

New Jersey Monitor

How Trump could try to ban trans athletes from school sports — and why it won’t be easy

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly said during the campaign that, if elected back to the White House, he would pursue a ban on transgender youth participating in school sports that align with their gender identity.

NATIONAL

New Jersey Monitor

Social Security benefits boosted for millions in bill headed to Biden’s desk

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans with pensions by ending two of the program’s policies in place for decades — the windfall elimination provision and government pension offset.

NBC News

Immigrants prepare action plans after Trump says he will allow ICE to act in schools, churches and hospitals

Immigrants’ rights advocates are helping vulnerable families prepare plans of action in case an undocumented relative is suddenly detained or deported.