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NJ: Op-Ed: The special ed audit that’s outlasting childhoods.
Jersey City Times At the March 2026 Jersey City Board of Education meeting, twenty parents and community members stood one by one at the podium and read, in turn, a single continuous speech. They came because students with disabilities in Jersey City Public Schools...
SC: South Carolina lawmakers review “Educator Safety and Classroom Authority Act”
WRHI South Carolina legislators are evaluating a new proposal designed to provide teachers with greater authority and protection in the face of classroom violence and disruptions. The Educator Safety and Classroom Authority Act of 2026 aims to reshape how student...
PA: Disabled children are being kicked out of preschools at alarming rates, report finds
The Philadelphia Inquirer One preschooler with autism and ADHD was excluded from a Philadelphia early childhood program two hours after her parents dropped her off for her first day because the school did not have adequate supports, according to a new report from the...
Senators Introduce Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act
Led by Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI), 28 Democrats have signed onto the Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act –a bill that would repeal the portion of HR 1 that allows tax credits for contributions to scholarship granting organizations and the...
Take Action: Tell Your Governor to Protect Students with Disabilities Under the New Federal Tax Credit Voucher Program
Governors are making decisions about the Federal Tax Credit Voucher Program under HB1, and your voice is needed. Whether your state has already opted in or has not yet made a decision, you can send a letter urging your governor to protect students with disabilities...
DOJ Extends Deadlines for Compliance with ADA Accessibility Regulations
On Monday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) formally noticed its decision to revise the regulations implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to extend the compliance dates for the requirements for web content and mobile application...
Inside Trump’s 3.5% budget boost for special education
K-12 Dive The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget proposal to Congress touts a “historic investment” into federally funded special education programs, including increased flexibility for states to make funding decisions and a renewed effort to reduce...
Education Department’s dismantling
The Hill Another office within the Department of Education is on the chopping block after a year of efforts to dismantle the federal agency, pushing the hope of restoring certain programs further out of reach for opponents. The Office of English Language Acquisition...
Schools are supposed to limit using restraint and seclusion to discipline kids – but parents I spoke with say the practice is wildly misused
The Conversation “Jessica,” the adoptive mother of a third-grade student, was shocked when she discovered that her daughter had spent over 100 hours locked in a room alone at her North Carolina public school. School staff locked the child in a room by herself after...
The digital accessibility deadline is here. Schools aren’t ready.
EdSurge News A major civil rights deadline affecting schools and vendors will hit this month. Federal law has required accessibility for people with disabilities for decades, says Glenda Sims, chief information accessibility officer at Deque Systems, a company that...