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...
ProPublica has sued the U.S. Department of Education (ED) for failing to comply with multipleFreedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking records related to civil rights investigationsand agency communications. The lawsuit alleges that under Secretary Linda...
AP News In their mostly white school district, Black students routinely heard racial slurs. White classmates hurled insults like “slave,” “monkey” or worse. It often went unpunished. Parents made those claims in a 2024 complaint asking the U.S. Education Department to...
NPR Miranda Lacy and Harold Rogers became fast friends during their undergraduate years. They both shared their dreams with one another: Rogers wanted to use his education to become a psychotherapist, and Lacy wanted to become a social worker. So, they were delighted...
In a public announcement last week, the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) found that the District of Columbia Public School System (DCPS) has extensively violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and Title II...
The First Five Years Fund, in partnership with the House Bipartisan Pre-K and Child Care Caucus, convened the “ABCs of Federal Early Learning and Child Care” briefing on March 17th. House Caucus Co-Chairs, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and Rep. Susan Bonamici (D-OR),...
The Science of Reading Act of 2026 (H.R. 7890), authored by Rep. Erin Houchin (R-IN), was passed by the House Education and Workforce Committee with bipartisan support. The bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) by adding a definition of the...
K-12 Dive Special education initiatives were a priority for several governors in their annual state of state addresses — including in Idaho, Kansas, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania — at a time when the national count of students with disabilities continues to rise and as...
In February, COPAA filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in D.L. v. Omaha Public Schools in support of the family of a child with a disability. The brief urges the court to reverse the decision of the U.S. District Court for the...