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Most States Fail To Meet IDEA Requirements, Feds Say

Over half of states are not living up to their obligations under federal special education law, with many receiving a failing grade from the U.S. Department of Education multiple y...

Education Department Moves Special Ed. and Civil Rights to Other Agencies

Special education programs help schools serve more than seven million K-12 students with disabilities nationwide.

Students With Disabilities Are Spending More Time in Mainstream Classes

Under federal law, students with disabilities are supposed to learn in the least restrictive environment.

Federal special education changes aim for efficiency but worry Wisconsin disability advocates

The Ed Department Is Outsourcing Special Education. Here’s What That Means For Students With Disabilities

The U.S. Department of Education's transfer of its special education and civil rights offices is likely to cause confusion and disarray, advocates warn, as a key Senate panel consi...

More Students With Disabilities Are in General Education Classes. How's That Working?

New report examines states' efforts to educate students with disabilities in mainstream classrooms.

Ed Department Strikes Deal To Offload Special Education

The Trump administration is making good on a long-promised plan to shift responsibility for many special education programs out of the U.S. Department of Education. The post Ed Dep...

Upcoming Resource: Individualized Faith Formation Plan

Today’s article comes from ELCA Disability Ministries advisory team member, Anita Smallin.  The Disability Ministries Advisory team has been working on a resource for church leader...

Wealthy Students More Likely To Get Disability Accommodations, Study Finds

Section 504 plans are one of the most important sources of disability services in schools. Why are well-off families their biggest beneficiaries? The post Wealthy Students More Lik...

Specialized Autism Support Programs in High Schools

How Specialized Autism Support programs in schools provide individualized academic, behavioral, social, and life skills help for autistic students

Ed Department Sued Over Special Education Cuts

Multiple states are suing after the U.S. Department of Education abruptly canceled millions of dollars in grants that were supposed to go toward training special education teachers...

Education Department Moves Special Ed to HHS and Civil Rights to DOJ

The Education Department moved special ed to HHS and civil rights to DOJ. IDEA, Title IX, and Section 504 stay in force. Here's what families should know. The post Education Depart...

Preschools Disproportionately Kick Out Kids With Disabilities

Children with disabilities as young as 2 are being suspended and expelled from school often for behaviors that are related to their diagnoses, according to a new report detailing t...

Trump's actions signal a move toward institutionalizing people with disabilities, advocates warn

For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities — rights that some fear could be losing ground under the Tru...

Education Department Shifts Civil Rights and Special Ed

The Education Department is moving civil rights enforcement to the Justice Department and special education oversight to Health and Human Services

Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

Now that the Education Department is offloading civil rights enforcement and special education, some parents and advocates warn a process that has largely been stalled since Presid...

Families of kids with disabilities warn Education Department changes could break a flawed system

For months, and sometimes longer, parents of kids with disabilities say they have waited for the Education Department to make progress on their complaints of bullying or other disc...