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  1. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    Wave Goodbye to the Last Normal Year for #AmericanSchools

    Thanks to Trump’s “#BigBeautifulBill,” the ’26–’27 school year will look wildly different.

    By Adam Laats, June 01, 2026

    "As schools send children home for the summer, we need to recognize a frightening fact: This could be the last year of public schooling the way we’ve known it. Donald Trump’s new school funding scheme, pushed through as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, will kick in during the middle of the next school year, in January 2027. It’s going to create a financial tsunami for public schools. The real tragedy is that there’s no mystery to it: We already know what will happen, because the scheme is not really new at all. It brings us back to the bad old days, to the failed and inadequate divided school budgets from before the Civil War. Trump’s plan brings back the devasting problem that our modern public school systems were designed to fix."

    Read more:
    slate.com/life/2026/06/donald-

    #TrumpSucks #USPol #BigUglyBill #DumbingUsDown #USEducation #PublicSchools

    #americanschools #bigbeautifulbill #trumpsucks #uspol #biguglybill #dumbingusdown
  2. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    #ICYMI (I know I did)... Apparently, part of #Trump's #BigUglyBill involved withholding future student #FinancialAid if they withdraw from a class. Wow...!

    "Beginning in Summer 2026, changes to #FederalStudentAid under the One #BigBeautifulBill Act will significantly affect how federal direct loans are adjusted when students withdraw from courses or reduce enrollment. Several of you have met with me via zoom to learn more about these changes, and I am grateful for the questions and conversation.

    What’s changing in brief:

    - Financial aid for loan borrowers may now be recalculated based on a student’s enrollment, even in cases where students continue to pay for all of their credits.

    Students who withdraw from courses may:

    - Lose eligibility for a portion of their aid in a future semester and/or,

    - Owe a balance back to the university

    Please contact the Office of Financial Aid with questions or refer students directly for individualized guidance.

    Thank you for your continued support of our students during this transition."

    #USPol #TrumpSucks #DumbingUsDown #GuttingHigherEd #StudentLoans

    #icymi #trump #biguglybill #financialaid #federalstudentaid #bigbeautifulbill