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AESA’s weekly newsletter, Online News, is full of important updates, articles, and features. It is intended to connect members with information about what is happening at the federal level, provide AESA event information, and share news important to ESAs.

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member newsletter previewJanuary 13, 2026: New AESA Executive Council Members; Executive Search Services & MREA Executive Director Search; STEM Century: AESA Edition; Job Central Available for Members; Virtual Federal Advocacy Meeting Next Week; Federal Updates.

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Federal Updates

ED Makes Further Moves To Dismantle the Department of Education

November 19, 2025

On November 18, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon announced six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with four agencies to “break up the federal education bureaucracy, ensure efficient delivery of funded programs, activities, and move closer to fulfilling the President’s promise to return education to the states.”

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Unpacking State ESEA Waiver Submissions

November 17, 2025

The Trump administration under Secretary McMahon has indicated a willingness to entertain expanded waivers of certain requirements under ESEA. A handful of states have already begun testing the limits of that potential flexibility, authorized under Section 8401.

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Congress Moves to End the Government Shutdown

November 13, 2025

November 12 marked the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The House reconvened for the first time since mid-September to consider the funding bill the Senate passed on Monday night. The President and House Republican leaders support the measure, while most Democrats and some Republicans oppose it for different reasons.

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