The U.S. Department of Education released its 2025 IDEA determinations for each state and territory. To read more, here is the announcement from ED with links to individual state determination letters: 2025 Determination Letters on State Implementation of IDEA -...
The Highland County Press In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order aiming to reinstate “common sense” school discipline, more states may follow and expand the authority of teachers and school officials to deal with disruptive students. The order, signed...
Last week, COPAA submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Y.A. v. Hamtramck Public Schools in support of the plaintiffs-appellants’ Petition for Rehearing En Banc, which is a request that all of the Sixth Circuit judges...
As COPAA members know, in May, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) -to advance Republican spending priorities through the budget reconciliation process- and this month Senate committees are vetting various pieces (that may differ...
COPAA has filed public comments in response to a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) notice of proposed rulemaking that proposes to eliminate requirements for accessibility of buildings] under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. While COPAA does not typically comment...
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has appointed Lindsey Burke, Ph.D. as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs. Burke spent 17 years at the Heritage Foundation, most recently serving as Director of the Center for Education Policy where she led th...
Nonprofit Quarterly In March, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14242 seeking to eliminate the US Department of Education. That order has since been blocked by a preliminary injunction issued on May 22 by US District Judge Myong J. Joun of Boston, but...
On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in J.N. v. Oregon Department of Education , a case in which several advocacy organizations—including COPAA—have sought to end the State of Oregon’s longstanding systematic...
On May 30, the Administration released a Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget proposal which proposes $12.35 billion in cuts to the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which includes significant eliminations and consolidations of authorized programs under both the Elementary...