Kids 1st Advocacy https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html IL: Prescott Elementary School parents upset over displacement of special education students KS: Kansas awarded $4.5 million to help recruit special education teachers OH: Ohio Republican bill would create a $360 million special education cost reimbursement fund TN: Knox County special education plan draws concerns from teachers, parents Treasury Proposes Regulations for Federal K-12 Tax Credit Program Bipartisan Resolution Reaffirms Olmstead Integration Mandates Unions Reach Settlement with Federal Government Over Mass Layoffs CADRE Releases New Dispute Resolution Annual Data U.S. Department of Education releases “First Look” at 2023-24 CRDC Data Trump administration’s proposal could make it easier to suspend or expel Head Start students TX: Texas vouchers leave students with disabilities with few school options NC: Parents ‘skeptical’ about Wake Schools’ special education initiative Comment by Oct. 6: Tell HHS to Withdraw Head Start Changes that Harm Access to Preschool for Children with Disabilities What civil rights enforcement cuts mean for students with disabilities – fewer staff, closed offices, longer waits Deadline Nears for Education Department to Spend Special Ed Research Funds GA: Federal staffing cuts leave hundreds of Georgia special education cases stalled (VIDEO) NY: Parents, lawmakers push to overhaul school bus system TX: HISD says its controversial special education overhaul is showing results after just 5 weeks TX: Texas school choice boom leaves many public school kids behind CO: How Parents in Boulder, Colorado, Rewrote the Rules on Autism Therapy in School COPAA urges the D.C. Circuit to affirm the decision of the federal court in the class action lawsuit in D.C. COPAA urges the Ninth Circuit to Reverse the decision of the federal courtand affirm students are entitled to an IEP COPAA urges the Ninth Circuit to affirm the decision of the federal court Senator Hirono Hosts Forum to Highlight Harms of the Federal Education Tax Credit Senator Murphy Reintroduces Bill to Protect Students from Physical Abuse, End Dangerous Corporal Punishment Practices in Schools Coalition Issues Evidence-Based Practices Brief, Condemns ED Guidance on Discipline Senators Request Reinstatement of Vocational Education and Civil Rights Guidelines Fourteen State Attorneys General Issue Antidiscrimination Guidance Why Access to Special Education Depends Too Much on Parents Parents of students with disabilities find private school vouchers come with a catch Home GA: GA school districts spend hundreds of thousands fighting special education parents in court NY: Thousands of NYC students with disabilities may not have school buses at beginning of year, nonprofit says TX: Texas has a new plan to better include young children with disabilities in classrooms Head of special education at U.S. Education Dept. quits National Coalition Condemns Education Department Guidance on Student Discipline in K-12 Schools, Issues Brief to Help Schools Use Evidence-Based Practices School Voucher Programs Don’t Offer Much Choice to Kids with Disabilities CA: Their children couldn’t tell them what happened. Now some California parents want cameras in classrooms CT: State working to fix Connecticut’s ‘broken’ special education funding system House Bill Intends to Stop the Transfer of Four ED Offices ED Releases Guidance on Tech in Classrooms Trump upends special education oversight, stirring parents and advocates New federal guidance could roll back special ed. transition services Long-awaited civil rights data about students is finally out Their daughter needs a school with 24/7 care. No one will take her Bullying and Your Child’s IEP: A Colorado Parent’s Guide Child Find About NV: Advocates push for more staffing, safety measures in special education classrooms TN: Should Tennessee fully fund special education pre-K programs?