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WV: County school officials tell lawmakers staffing, special education costs outpace state formula
WV News School finance officials from across West Virginia told lawmakers Monday that the state’s school funding formula is not fundamentally broken but no longer reflects current realities facing county school systems, particularly rising special education costs,...
MI: State Board of Education forms special education review committee
Michigan Advance Members of the State Board of Education on Tuesday voted unanimously to convene a committee to examine special education programs in Michigan and to work with stakeholders to review statewide needs. The committee was proposed by Board of Education...
Education Tax Credit In Spotlight, Treasury Previews Parts of Forthcoming Regulations
Last week, the White House held a press conference to preview forthcoming regulations from the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to guide implementation of the federal education tax credit voucher program. While the final...
Senate READ Act Promotes Literacy & Early Screening for Dyslexia
Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Maggie Hassan (D-NH) have introduced the Reading Excellence and Achievement for Development (READ) Act along with Senators Jim Banks (R-IN), John...
Three states sue over cancelled special education teacher training grants
K-12 Dive Attorneys general in three states — California, Rhode Island and Wisconsin — sued the U.S. Department of Education on June 9, saying the agency unlawfully discontinued grants in those states that fund professional development of special education staff and...
CO: This specialized Colorado school faces scrutiny for improperly restraining students
Chalkbeat Mark Brostrom’s 11-year-old son was struggling in public school when his school district suggested what seemed like a better fit: a new specialized school near the family’s home. Brostrom remembers thinking that the Austin Centers for Exceptional Students in...
CT: Westport parents demand independent special education review
Westport Journal A newly released Request for Proposals to critique the district’s special education program is not sitting well with parents who insist the selected consultant be independent and not hand-picked by district administrators who oversee the program. “We...
GA: Statesboro mother advocates for special education changes after son comes home with unexplained injuries
WTOC A Statesboro mother says her non-verbal son with autism came home from school with unexplained bruises and scratches, and she has struggled to get answers about how the injuries happened. Chanier Morales is an 18-year-old non-verbal autistic student at Statesboro...
NY: When the school bus doesn’t come: One family’s story
Chalkbeat Constant delays. No-shows. Missed class. Roughly 145,000 New York City students, 43% of whom have disabilities, rely on yellow bus service to get to school each day. It’s a sprawling system with 9,000 routes operated by more than 50 different companies at a...
OR: Most Oregon preschoolers with disabilities now learn alongside non-disabled peers
The oregonian Oregon now includes most preschoolers with disabilities or special health needs in regular preschools or other early learning settings, a big switch from just five years ago, when nearly two-thirds of such children attended programs exclusively for kids...