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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...
Department of Education Requires Schools to Eliminate Race Consideration in Student Discipline
Today, in new guidance issued to educational institutions via a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), Kim Richey, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, told schools that discipline policies must “treat students even-handedly and must neither favor nor disfavor any student...
Special education state complaints jump nearly 50%
K-12 Dive State education agencies saw a 46% jump in the number of written state complaints in special education during the 2025-26 school year compared to the year before, according to new survey responses from 31 states. The self-reported survey data, collected by...
Shut out of special education, this Texas family is fighting back
The Nation In March 2020, Courtney and Spencer Morey moved to Aledo, Texas, a rapidly expanding suburb of Fort Worth, because of the stellar reputation of its schools. But about three years later, when their daughter Annie, who has Down syndrome, was supposed to start...
Meet the Catholic schools serving students with special needs
America Magazine In 2014, 3.5 percent of students in N.C.E.A. schools were reported as having been diagnosed with a disability. Today that figure is 9.8 percent. Ms. MacDonald said N.C.E.A. has established a task force that is developing a directory of schools with...
Dyscalculia affects almost as many students as dyslexia. What can districts do?
K-12 Dive Between 3% to 7% of all children, adolescents and adults have dyscalculia, according to an estimate published in 2019 by the National Institutes of Health. The CRPE brief describes dyscalculia as “one of the most common learning disabilities.” Up...
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...
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