The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed significant changes to the Head Start Performance Standards (Head Start) that COPAA opposes. If HHS proceeds as planned, the new regulations will completely eliminate current Head Start Performance...
The Conversation Felicita Piñón weighed just 1 pound at birth. She was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy that requires her to use a power wheelchair, and she also has learning and emotional challenges. Yet despite these obstacles, Felicita, now an eighth-grade...
Disability Scoop For months, there have been concerns that the U.S. Department of Education could allow millions in special education research dollars to lapse. Now, a federal judge is stepping in. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs is ordering the Education...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit in In Re: District of Columbia. The brief urges the court to affirm the decision of the United States District Court. The amicus brief is here. COPAA Amicus Committee Co-chairs Ellen M. Saideman and COPAA Legal Director...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the 9 th Circuit in E.T. v. San Diego Unified School Dist. The brief urges the court to reverse the decision of the United States District Court in a case involving the issue of a Settlement Agreement and whether parents have a right to...
COPAA filed an amicus brief in the 9th Circuit in SPB. v. Washoe County School District The brief urges the court to affirm the decision of the United States District Court. The amicus brief is here. COPAA Amicus Committee Co-chairs Ellen M. Saideman and COPAA Legal...
On Tuesday afternoon, Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) hosted a K-12 Education Spotlight Forum titled, Raising the Alarm: How the National School Voucher Program Will Be Harmful to Students. Panelists discussed the pending impacts of the federal education tax credit which...
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) has reintroduced the Protecting Our Students in Schools Act, alongside Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.). The bill would ban corporal punishment for any school that receives federal funding, as...
The Federal School Discipline and Climate Coalition (FedSDC) released What Does and Doesn’t Work: Myths and Facts About School Discipline and Disproportionality to support schools in their efforts to use evidence-based practices. A press advisory issued alongside the...