VA: 5 Northern Virginia districts put on high-risk status for Title IX violations

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 26, 2025 | State

K-12 Dive Five large school districts in Northern Virginia were put on high-risk status and told their federal funding would only be distributed by reimbursement from the U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday. The announcement comes after the Education Department...

ED to Halt Federal Data Collection on Significant Disproportionality 

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 26, 2025 | Federal

The US Department of Education has announced plans to stop collecting data from states on significant disproportionality. Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires states to collect these data, and since 2004, when IDEA was last...

AZ: Federal cutbacks shift education-related civil rights issues to state

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 19, 2025 | State

Arizona Capitol Times With empty desks and a heavy caseload at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, advocates for families with disabilities anticipate a pivot away from the federal route for discrimination complaint resolution. Instead,...

MN: Minneapolis Public Schools violating disability law

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 19, 2025 | State

Minnesota Reformer The Minnesota Department of Education notified Minneapolis Public Schools that it’s in violation of state and federal law for overidentifying Black students in the category of “developmental cognitive disability” for the past three years.  The...

COPAA Urges Congress to Maintain Funding and Support DEIA in Civil Rights Laws

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 5, 2025 | Federal

COPAA has signed with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and stakeholders to urge House and Senate leadership and appropriators to oppose provisions in and [potential] amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills that would prohibit...