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OH: Ohio Republican bill would create a $360 million special education cost reimbursement fund
Ohio Capital Journal A pair of Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would increase special education funding. Ohio state Reps. Andrea White, R-Kettering, and Cindy Abrams, R-Harrison, recently introduced Ohio House Bill 1012, which would create a $360...
TN: Knox County special education plan draws concerns from teachers, parents
wbir.com Knox County Schools is moving forward with a five-year plan to improve services for students with disabilities, but some parents and teachers are questioning whether the district has enough staff and resources to make it work. The initiative, called PACT,...
Treasury Proposes Regulations for Federal K-12 Tax Credit Program
Last Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department (Treasury) issued proposed regulations for the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit that was placed into federal law through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (HR 1) in 2025 and is schedule to take effect in 2027. Since the law’s...
Bipartisan Resolution Reaffirms Olmstead Integration Mandates
On September 30, U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced a bipartisan resolution (HR 1586) marking the 27th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Olmstead v. L.C., which recognized the unjustified institutional...
Unions Reach Settlement with Federal Government Over Mass Layoffs
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and other unions have reached a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the Administration’s mass firing of federal...
CADRE Releases New Dispute Resolution Annual Data
The Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution in Education (CADRE) has released its annual National DR Data Dashboard, which provides users the ability to access and compare national and state DR data from 2004 to the present. This latest update is based on data...
U.S. Department of Education releases “First Look” at 2023-24 CRDC Data
Following its recent release of the 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) raw data, the U.S. Department of Education has released its "First Look" analysis, which provides a high-level overview of key findings from the CRDC data.
Trump administration’s proposal could make it easier to suspend or expel Head Start students
ABC News It was sometime around Xavier Rogers' second birthday that his mom and Early Head Start teachers noticed a shift in his demeanor. Xavier, usually a happy baby, now mostly wanted to play alone and would sometimes bite and hit other kids in his class. Instead...
NC: Parents ‘skeptical’ about Wake Schools’ special education initiative
ABC11 Raleigh-Durham Some Wake County parents of students in special education are expressing concerns about a proposed multiyear initiative aimed at improving outcomes for special education students, saying the proposal does not address what they view as fundamental...
TX: Texas vouchers leave students with disabilities with few school options
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth Shundelon Ross hoped the seventh school would be the one to work. Her son wandered the hallways, clutching his favorite stuffed animal. He threw high fives to the employees. He stared, mesmerized, at the chickens pecking around the coop. Ross...
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