Axios

Tens of thousands of students across the southeast attend school in districts that remain closed after hurricanes Helene and Milton — some with no set date to reopen.

The big picture: Natural disasters, like the COVID crisis, can leave long-lasting marks on children's physical, mental and academic well-being. As school districts rebuild, they must consider how recurring absences can undermine student success.

The Supreme Court on Friday announced it will hear oral arguments on Dec. 4 in a case to decide whether states can ban gender-affirming care for minors.

The big picture: The Biden administration is challenging the constitutionality of a Tennessee law that bans all medical treatments prescribed for the purposes of helping a person under 18 transition out of their gender assigned at birth.

Human-caused climate change is having widespread and significant negative effects on young people's mental health across the country, a new study finds.

Why it matters: The study is one of the largest to date to examine how young people are responding to global climate change and government action.

A Florida judge granted a temporary restraining order Thursday prohibiting Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration from threatening to prosecute TV stations that carry ads promoting the state's abortion rights referendum on November's ballot.

The big picture: A six-week ban took effect in Florida earlier this year, but if voters aprove the amendment next month it would guarantee abortion access until fetal viability — around 24–28 weeks of pregnancy.