The Pillar A new survey from the National Catholic Partnership on Disability found that Catholic school systems in the U.S. vary widely in their practices of including students with disabilities. Many Catholic school leaders voiced a desire for their diocesan...
Education Week Despite ongoing efforts to transition federal education programs to other agencies, billions of federal dollars for K-12 schools will continue to flow through the U.S. Department of Education’s grant portal this summer, the nation’s top K-12 official...
Fordham Institute Approximately 7.5 million U.S. students receive special education services in public schools—more than one in seven pupils nationwide. Its services cost roughly twice as much per pupil as general education and account for about...
Led by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), 28 Democrats have signed onto the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act –a bill that would repeal the portion of HR 1 that allows tax credits for contributions to scholarship granting organizations and the...
Governors are making decisions about the Federal Tax Credit Voucher Program under HB1, and your voice is needed. Whether your state has already opted in or has not yet made a decision, you can send a letter urging your governor to protect students with disabilities...
On Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally noticed its decision to revise the regulations implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application...
K-12 Dive The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to Congress touts a “historic investment” into federally funded special education programs, including increased flexibility for states to make funding decisions and a renewed effort to reduce...
The Hill Another office within the Department of Education is on the chopping block after a year of efforts to dismantle the federal agency, pushing the hope of restoring certain programs further out of reach for opponents. The Office of English Language Acquisition...
The Conversation “Jessica,” the adoptive mother of a third-grade student, was shocked when she discovered that her daughter had spent over 100 hours locked in a room alone at her North Carolina public school. School staff locked the child in a room by herself after...