by kids1stadvocac | Oct 21, 2025 | Federal
In support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) hosted a virtual civil rights forum with disability rights leaders to discuss the impacts of the Administration’s “attacks” on disabled Americans. In his...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the most recent cuts made by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that eliminate hundreds of jobs within the agency, COPAA CEO Denise Marshall made the following statement: On Friday, the Department of Education...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
USA Today Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the government’s special education division. Nearly the entire Office of...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 7, 2025 | Federal
In a decision filed on September 29th, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overruled a lower court decision and temporarily allowed the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to continue reducing Office for Civil Rights (OCR) staff. At issue...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 16, 2025 | Federal
KFF Health News Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under...
