CBS Chicago Parents of special education students at a Lincoln Park Chicago Public School say there's a lack of equity in their children's classrooms. They say they've been asking for changes since last school year and nothing has been done. "It's a simple problem of...
ksn.com As Kansas continues to deal with a special education teacher shortage, a new federal grant could help the state address the growing issue. The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) announced on Thursday that the state will receive $4.5 million to expand...
Ohio Capital Journal A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would increase special education funding. Ohio state Reps. Andrea White, R-Kettering, and Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison, recently introduced Ohio House Bill 1012, which would create a $360...
wbir.com Knox County Schools is moving forward with a five-year plan to improve services for students with disabilities, but some parents and teachers are questioning whether the district has enough staff and resources to make it work. The initiative, called PACT,...
Last Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) issued proposed regulations for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit that was placed into federal law through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) in 2025 and is schedule to take effect in 2027. Since the law’s...
On September 30, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan resolution (HR 1586) marking the 27th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C., which recognized the unjustified institutional...
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and other unions have reached a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the Administration’s mass firing of federal...
The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Education (CADRE) has released its annual National DR Data Dashboard, which provides users the ability to access and compare national and state DR data from 2004 to the present. This latest update is based on data...
Following its recent release of the 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) raw data, the U.S. Department of Education has released its "First Look" analysis, which provides a high-level overview of key findings from the CRDC data.