North Carolina public schools aren’t evaluating students for special education in a timely manner, they’re not resolving complaints quickly enough, and they’re not properly helping most disabled students 16 and older prepare for adulthood. Those are among the findings...
WPLN News Backers of the new school voucher program promised that it would expand school choice for Tennessee families. But critics worry the program leaves students with disabilities behind. The controversial statewide voucher program – called Education Freedom...
Vermont Public Vermont’s private schools have long bristled at the notion that they cherry-pick their students. Those claims come from public education advocates, who say independent schools that benefit from taxpayer funds nevertheless turn away students with higher...
Virginia Mercury Three school divisions were alerted that they misused federal funds intended for students with disabilities have made nearly $30 million in total repayments, according to the state Department of Education, which will be returned to the federal...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Despite objections from Wisconsin's K-12 education agency, the federal government upheld its decision to cut a state grant intended to support special education teachers. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction had appealed a decision...
In an important victory last week in Jacobs v. Salt Lake City School District, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiffs—two students with intellectual disabilities and the Disability Law Center— in their lawsuit...
Today, COPAA and more than 385 local, state, and national organizations joined together to call for a reversal of the layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education that impact all offices responsible for supporting children with disabilities, their families, and their...
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the most recent cuts made by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that eliminate hundreds of jobs within the agency, COPAA CEO Denise Marshall made the following statement: On Friday, the Department of Education...
Disability Scoop Layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education will leave no more than a handful of staffers in the agency’s special education office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation’s programs for students with disabilities, advocates say. The Trump administration...