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‘Let me go!’: Judge sides with black middle schooler with disabilities who was cuffed four times by school police, issues scathing order to California school district
Atlanta Black Star The parents of a Black middle school student who was repeatedly physically restrained and handcuffed by school police for misbehavior related to his disabilities have won out after a precedent-setting five-year legal battle with the local school...
The dangerous over-accommodation myth
Psychology Today Students in K-12 and college have been battling a new development when seeking accommodations for mental disabilities such as autism, ADHD, anxiety, and depression: a backlash against accommodations for invisible disabilities. In the January 2026...
DE: Delaware Dept. of Ed settles discrimination lawsuit involving incarcerated students with disabilities
Delaware Public Media The Delaware Department of Education settled a federal lawsuit alleging incarcerated students with disabilities weren’t provided required services. The U.S. District Court approved a consent decree requiring Delaware’s Ed. Department to implement...
MI: Lawsuit, investigation target Mississippi’s special education failures
SPLC E.J. and her mother are plaintiffs in a 2024 Southern Poverty Law Center lawsuit, Jamison et al. v. Greenville Public School District, and the other children are at the center of an ongoing SPLC investigation into the state’s longstanding practice of...
MT: Montana court blocks education savings accounts for students with special needs
Montana Free Press A district court judge on Monday blocked Montana’s education savings account program for students with disabilities, ruling in favor of two Montana nonprofits that claimed that lawmakers did not fund the program when they created it. House Bill 393,...
WI: Dems propose bill to restore Wisconsin special education funding rates
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Wisconsin public school districts would receive the full special education reimbursement rate lawmakers pledged in the state budget under a new bill from Democratic legislators. The proposal comes after school districts learned they will...
COPAA Applauds Bipartisan Introduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act
In response to the introduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act H.R. 6617/S. 3448 (KASSA) in the U.S. Congress, COPAA CEO Denise Marshall issued a statement endorsing the bill and reiterating COPAA’s deep commitment to ensuring that “no child is subjected to...
Thirty-Five Senators Call for ED Oversight Hearing
Led by Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT), all Senate Democrats on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee submitted a letter to Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Thursday calling for an immediate oversight hearing with Education Secretary Linda...
National Academy, TBI Must be Considered a Long-Term Health Condition
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released Examining Traumatic Brain Injury as a Chronic Condition, a readout and report on data demonstrating why traumatic brain injury (TBI) should be considered a long-term health condition. NASEM...
Belonging by design: A Conversation with Max on the promise of IDEA
AASA This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), a landmark commitment that ensures every student, regardless of ability, has the right to learn, participate, and belong in public education. At Margaretville...