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Bills in Congress detail path to closing the Education Department

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 22, 2025 | Federal

K-12 Dive Several Republican-led bills introduced in Congress this year propose how to divide up the U.S. Department of Education’s responsibilities among other federal agencies — and thereby carry out President Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate the 45-year-old agency....

MI: Hundreds of Michigan families’ civil rights cases impacted by federal cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | State

Chalkbeat There was a time George Finley Jr. was on the honor roll. After the seventh grader started having epileptic seizures a couple of years ago, he experienced memory loss. Now, he’s far behind where he should be academically. The Detroit Public Schools Community...

TX: How Education Department’s end could hurt Texas special ed

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | State

The Texas Tribune President Donald Trump’s order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education last month came with promises that federal dollars for special education would stay intact. In CNN’s State of the Union, U.S. Education Secretary Linda...

House ED Committee Blocks Move to Divulge ED Reorganization Plans

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | Federal

On Wednesday, April 9, the House Education and Workforce Committee voted along party lines to adversely report H. Res. 237, a resolution to require the Administration to provide documentation of their plans to reorganize the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The...

Disability Advocates Tell Appropriators: Do Not Move IDEA to HHS or Dismantle ED

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 8, 2025 | Federal

On Friday April 4, COPAA along with 47 disability advocacy partners in the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) sent a letter to Capitol Hill asking Senate and House appropriations and authorizing committee leaders to “take no action” through the Fiscal...
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