NBC Los Angeles Students in the Los Angeles Unified School District will return to classrooms tomorrow for the start of the school year, with the district implementing restrictions on the use of digital devices during the school day. Under a policy...
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CT: $10.6 million in state grants announced for Connecticut special education programs
fox61.com Connecticut is awarding $10.6 million in state grants to dozens of in-district special education programs, according to Gov. Ned Lamont's office on Monday. Under the first round of a new incentive grant program, administered by the state Department of...
MI: A renewed push to ban seclusion, reduce restraint in Michigan schools
Newsday Thousands of times a year in Michigan schools, students who are considered a potential danger to themselves and others — many of them children with disabilities — are physically restrained or put in seclusion. That’s despite an almost 10-year-old law aimed at...
PA: Philly parents push Council to ban preschool suspensions citywide
Northeast Times Several Philadelphia parents told City Council this month that their young children with disabilities were pushed out of preschool programs, sometimes on the first day. They urged lawmakers to ban the practice across all early childhood settings in the...
TX: Texas has started handing out school voucher funding. Over 20,000 students have returned the money.
Texas Standard The passage of Senate Bill 2 last year was a victory for Gov. Greg Abbott, who pushed hard for the program in 2023 but could not get it across the finish line. The money for these education savings accounts was made available to families starting this...
KY: ‘So many more opportunities’: Kentucky law creates alternative diploma for students with special needs
WKYT Starting in 2027, thousands of Kentucky students with moderate to severe disabilities will be able to graduate with something many of them never could before — a high school diploma…
NY: NYC still misses most deadlines for special education services after facing legal orders
Chalkbeat New York City has long failed to quickly provide special education services even after families won legal orders for them, generating more than two decades of litigation. Three years ago, city officials embraced a federal court order requiring dozens of...
TX: Texas’ first year of school vouchers is starting. Students with disabilities find hope, but face obstacles
The Lawton Constitution As the inaugural year of the Texas Education Freedom Accounts begins, North Texas families are preparing to leave their public school. They're grateful to exit a system they say isn't working for them. But finding a private school hasn't been...
TX: ‘A hot mess’: HISD families brace for new school year under special education overhaul
Yahoo! News Three days before Houston ISD's new school year begins, some families say they're still confused about which school their child will attend after the district's special education overhaul. In July, the Texas Education Agency ordered HISD to meet with...
