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...
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…
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...
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...
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...
2KUTV When Bonniejean Brucks requested additional educational support for her 9-year-old daughter, Krista Grace, she expected Granite School District would build on the progress her daughter had made at her neighborhood school. Instead, Brucks said the request...
US News The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind violated federal disability law last spring when it restricted placement options for students and predetermined where they should attend, the Arizona State Department of Education says. As it prepared to...
Cleveland.com A Georgia family says its 6-year-old son with autism was suspended from school after biting his sandwich into the shape of a gun and pretending to point it at another student during lunch, an incident the parents argue reflects a broader pattern of...
CBS2 Iowa A new report from the ACLU of Iowa says federal data shows Black students and students with disabilities are disproportionately referred to law enforcement and arrested in Iowa schools. The ACLU said about one-quarter of Iowa schools have a school resource...