Budget: Trump proposes massive $6 billion cut to K-12 spending

by kids1stadvocac | May 6, 2025 | Federal

Chalkbeat President Donald Trump’s proposed federal budget would cut nearly $6 billion from K-12 education and consolidate 18 grant programs into a single funding stream that states could spend as they wish. The proposal to do away with distinct grant programs could...

Support Medicaid, Protect Children with Disabilities

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 22, 2025 | Federal

When Congress returns next week, the House and Senate will dive headlong into negotiations to develop the budget reconciliation package intended to support corporate tax cuts. To pay for the tax extensions, some Congressional Republicans have targeted Medicaid for...

Students with disabilities lost a helpful program to DOGE cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | Federal

NPR If you visit the website for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), you’ll find a “Wall of Receipts” listing more than 7,000 federal contracts it has terminated. Little detail is provided, besides the “savings”...

9.5 million students with disabilities affected by Trump’s education cuts, senators warn

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 8, 2025 | Federal

13newsnow.com Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have joined 19 other lawmakers in the Senate in signing a letter addressed to the U.S. Secretary of Education, expressing their concern that without the Department of Education, students with disabilities will...

Administration Readies “Recission Package” to Formalize Funding Cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 4, 2025 | Federal

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has confirmed it is putting together a package of desired spending cuts for Congress, which would codify the steps taken at Agencies to shrink federal spending. Congressional appropriators have confirmed they...