fox61.com Connecticut’s special education infrastructure, processes, support, and accountability systems are set to be reviewed by WestEd, a national organization with significant expertise in special education. Connecticut Education Commissioner Charlene...
Detroit Free Press A small school district in central Michigan has agreed to end its practice of isolating children with disabilities in rooms in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a July 3 news release. Montcalm County...
KFOX TV The El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) police arrested special education teacher Rachael Lucas and paraprofessional David Gonzales last week. According to court documents, Lucas is accused of hitting multiple non-verbal special needs students with...
WSAW News Among the allocations in the state budget that Gov. Tony Evers signed Thursday morning were increases to special education funding. Schools, families, and advocates were requesting that the state reimbursement for general special education expenses increase...
Sun Sentinal Cameras are expected to return to Broward County’s special-needs classrooms to help parents determine whether their child may have been abused or mistreated at school. The program, which was last used in Broward schools during the 2023-24 school year,...
Maryland Matters The Maryland State Board of Education unanimously accepted final recommendations of a 58-member Blueprint special education work group Tuesday aimed at ensuring students with disabilities aren’t forgotten in the state’s multibillion-dollar education...
Insider NJ The Senate passed legislation sponsored by Senator Vin Gopal to reform New Jersey’s school funding system and enhance support for special education services. The bill, S-3917, makes targeted changes to the School Funding Reform Act (SFRA), strengthens...
Insight Into Academia Amid a persistent statewide shortage of special education teachers, a pioneering apprenticeship program aims to change the game in Pennsylvania. Gwynedd Mercy University (GMercyU), the Bucks County Intermediate Unit (Bucks IU), and Bucks County...
The Beacon There were 82,000 special education students in Kansas public schools in 2024-2025. That’s 12,000 more than a decade ago. The 12,000-student increase is not a massive share of the 500,000 students in Kansas public schools. But the steady increase in special...