COPAA’s members and team have been urging appropriators since early spring to protect students with disabilities and support special education funding in annual appropriations bills. With last week’s activity in the Senate Appropriations Committee, COPAA is pleased to...
COPAA has signed with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., and stakeholders to urge House and Senate leadership and appropriators to oppose provisions in and [potential] amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills that would prohibit...
NPR For hundreds of civil servants, today marks the end of their work at the U.S. Department of Education, though most haven't been allowed to work since March when they were placed on leave and later laid off. These employees performed a wide range of jobs, from...
The 74 Last December, after a year and a half of blind alleys, impenetrable paperwork, and bureaucratic stonewalling, it seemed like the complaints Sierra Rios had filed against her fifth-grader’s elementary school were finally getting a proper investigation. A lawyer...
K-12 Dive School districts likely won’t see a significant increase in lawsuits in the long term in the aftermath of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in June that endorsed a lower burden of proof for claims of disability discrimination against school systems, legal...
Hechinger Report When Selina Likely became director of the Edwards Creative Learning Center six years ago, she knew there was one longstanding practice that she wanted to change. For as long as she had taught at the thriving child care center, it had turned away many...
In conjunction with the White House release of America’s AI Action Plan, Education Secretary Linda McMahon issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) to states announcing the addition of a proposed discretionary grant priority to leverage education outcomes through the use...
On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Education and the American Family held a hearing, Choice, and Literacy: Empowering Families for Better Educational Results. In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chair Tommy...
As part of a series planned to spotlight how actions taken by Education Secretary Linda McMahon and the White House Office of Management and Budget have and continue to impact K-12 schools, students, educators, and other stakeholders, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI)...