NorthJersey.com City education officials are planning to convert Dale Avenue School into a program for 118 children with multiple disabilities and autism, which they said will save the district $9.8 million in the coming school year. The district currently has 100...
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PA: Shapiro Administration Gives Ten Schools Funding to Teach Students about Disabilities
Department of Education | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania The Shapiro Administration today announced that it is giving 10 schools funding to join a pilot program designed to teach K-12 students about the political, economic, and social contributions of individuals with...
TN: TN parents of kids with disabilities ‘blindsided’ by voucher changes
The Tennessean Malia Curtis confidently took the microphone as she addressed the Wilson County Schools board on May 4. The 20-year-old scooted her wheelchair closer to the board members before talking about how school vouchers through Tennessee's Individualized...
CO: Colorado overhauls school oversight for students with disabilities
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MA: Disability bullying in schools: How 13 Massachusetts students are fighting back
masslive.com Students with disabilities are bullied and socially excluded more than their peers. But a group of Massachusetts high school students is trying to change that. “I learned that disabilities are more common than you think,” said Isabelle Ogutt, who is part...
TX: Houston ISD plans to consolidate special education services, parent says after district meeting
Houston Public Media Late last week, documents that leaked online and circulated on social media detailed proposed major changes to special education in Texas's largest school district, which has been under state control since 2023. The documents appear to show plans...
COPAA was pleased to join the amicus brief in the challenge to Utah’s voucher program
Voucher programs impede access to civil rights laws, including IDEA, Section 504, and ADA, for students with disabilities, leaving them with little "choice" and no rights. Read the Public Funds Public Schools Article
OK: Democrat lawmakers express frustration over public school failures
OCPA n recent years, most Democratic lawmakers have opposed school-choice programs that allow parents to use their tax dollars to send a child to private school rather than keep the child in a local public school. But during a recent legislative debate, two Oklahoma...
NE: Nebraska passes special ed bill without proposed protections for students
The 74 For Dave Murman, the issue was personal. The Republican state lawmaker knew Nebraska school districts were denying transfer requests at high rates to students with disabilities — kids who reminded Murman of his now-grown daughter. In 2025, he proposed a bill to...
