K-12 Dive The California Department of Education and the Los Angeles Unified School District will include religious private schools as potential placements for students with disabilities, according to a settlement agreement reached Monday between the school systems...
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CA: Orcutt parents voice concerns over student behavior and safety
Ksby.com What began as a routine school board meeting turned into a charged evening of testimony for the Orcutt Union School District as a growing number of parents and guardians stepped forward to share stories of escalating student behavior in classrooms. Some...
LA: Parents sue Willow School over selective admissions process
nola.com The parents of a 9-year-old boy with profound disabilities have sued a selective charter school in New Orleans, claiming that the school’s use of an admissions test violates legal protections for students with disabilities. In a lawsuit filed this week in...
ME: ‘It broke him, and it broke me’: Maine parents, educators describe trauma from restraint and seclusion
Yahoo.com Krystal Emerson never imagined her son would spend his days at school being forcibly moved against his will by school staff and shut in an empty room. But during the 2023-24 school year at Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School, that’s what happened — at least...
TX: School discipline code rewrite to take immediate effect as bill passes Texas Legislature
Dallas News Educators have long urged lawmakers to revamp school discipline laws, detailing horror stories about suffering injuries on the job from violent students. In a poll cited by the state’s 2023 Teacher Vacancy Task Force report, nearly half of educators listed...
ED FY 2026 Budget Would Eliminate IDEA’s National Activities, Asks Congress to Amend the Law
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget detail that includes major cuts and changes to education programs, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Described as “streamlining” and “giving...
Budget Reconciliation Bill Passes the House
Prior to the Memorial Day recess, the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1, the budget reconciliation bill- by a vote of 214 to 215. Running more than 1,000 pages, the multitrillion-dollar tax and spending package (in summary): extends the tax cuts...
Judge Blocks EO to Shutter ED, Orders Fired Employees to be Reinstated
On May 29, 2025, District Judge Myong Joun blocked an Executive Order (EO) issued by the White House to close the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and ruled that the Administration must reinstate hundreds of employees who had been previously fired. Myong’s...
OCR opens race, disability discrimination probe into Wisconsin district
K-12 Dive The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a Wisconsin school district over allegations that it discriminated against a White elementary school student with dyslexia on the basis of race, according to a statement from the agency Wednesday. The...