by kids1stadvocac | Jul 22, 2025 | State
NBC Chicago Chicago Public Schools is facing a massive budget hole, as the district needs to find $734 million in funding or make cuts equaling that amount. On Saturday, CPS hosted its fourth community feedback session, where residents came together to brainstorm...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 22, 2025 | Federal
On Thursday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released Education At Risk: Frontline Impacts of Trump’s War on Students, which included results from a COPAA survey detailing how the Administration’s actions that target the U.S. Department of Education (ED) harm access to...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 22, 2025 | Federal
Disability Scoop The Trump administration is moving forward with sweeping plans to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, a move advocates say will disproportionately affect students with disabilities. A Supreme Court order earlier this week cleared the way for...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 22, 2025 | Federal
K-12 Dive A bipartisan group of former federal special education officials has sent a letter to Congress urging increased funding for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). The letter, signed by 11 former OSEP directors and...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 15, 2025 | Federal
In an updated letter to influence the Fiscal Year 2026 Appropriations process which funds the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and other key education programs, this week COPAA told appropriators, “…we urge you to reject the White House...
