by kids1stadvocac | Oct 7, 2025 | Federal
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (“IDEA”) authorizes courts, at their discretion, to “award reasonable attorneys’ fees… to a prevailing party who is the parent of a child with a disability” in legal actions brought pursuant to the Act. 20 U.S.C. §...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 7, 2025 | Federal
K-12 Dive The lagging number of state policies addressing teacher shortages is exacerbating poor academic outcomes for the growing population of students with disabilities and English learners, according to a new report from the nonprofit National Council on Teacher...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 16, 2025 | State
Hechinger Report Under federal law, students with disabilities — who once faced widespread, outright exclusion from public schools — have a right to learn alongside peers without disabilities “to the maximum extent” possible. That includes the right to get...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 9, 2025 | Federal
K-12 Dive The number of special education written state complaints jumped by 22% in the 2023-24 school year compared to the year prior, according to a new analysis by the Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education, a federal technical assistance...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 12, 2025 | State
MinnPost In 2014, Minneapolis Public Schools commissioned a review of its special education programs. The resulting 46-page report was packed with data pointing to an overarching, damning conclusion: The district had a systemwide literacy crisis. Until it was able to...
