by kids1stadvocac | Apr 7, 2026 | Federal
On Friday, the White House released the Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Budget Request to inform Congress’ work on annual appropriations. The Administration’s budget proposes funding levels for education, justice, health, and other federal programs, which will be negotiated by...
by kids1stadvocac | Nov 11, 2025 | Federal
K-12 Dive Special education and disability rights advocates are ramping up their defense of the federal role in the education of students with disabilities as their concerns grow over a potential shift in how the U.S. conducts special education oversight and support....
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 2, 2025 | Federal
Last week, Ranking Member Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), House Education and Workforce Committee, released a new report: Living Independently, Participating Fully: Defending Against the Trump Administration’s Attacks on People with Disabilities. The...
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 | May 6, 2025 | Federal
The 74 A generation ago, people with disabilities were rarely in the room when their welfare was under discussion. Decisions about their care and education were made almost entirely by non-disabled people, who typically addressed them not as individuals who aspired to...
