Kids 1st Advocacy https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Education Department defends controversial special education shakeup Home Their daughter needs a school with 24/7 care. No one will take her GA: GA school districts spend hundreds of thousands fighting special education parents in court Bullying and Your Child’s IEP: A Colorado Parent’s Guide NY: Thousands of NYC students with disabilities may not have school buses at beginning of year, nonprofit says 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 CT: State working to fix Connecticut’s ‘broken’ special education funding system TX: Texas has a new plan to better include young children with disabilities in classrooms Child Find Head of special education at U.S. Education Dept. quits CA: Their children couldn’t tell them what happened. Now some California parents want cameras in classrooms 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 About NV: Advocates push for more staffing, safety measures in special education classrooms TN: Should Tennessee fully fund special education pre-K programs? WI: Low pay and outbursts: why WI schools face critical special ed staff shortage Civil Rights Data Collection (CDRC) for the 2023-24 School Year Now Available 3 special education funding strategies states can use to support districts DoD schools struggle to identify, support military children with learning disabilities, GAO finds FL: Cursive writing and autism-specific teacher training among new laws for the new school year NC: Union County parents say district failed special-needs kids Department of Education Requires Schools to Eliminate Race Consideration in Student Discipline PA: Special education services could suffer in Pittsburgh Public Schools’ school closures plan, families say Special education state complaints jump nearly 50% TX: Disability watchdog sues Klein ISD, alleging district blocked special education classroom monitoring CA: LAUSD students to return to classes Wednesday under new screen-time rules CT: $10.6 million in state grants announced for Connecticut special education programs MI: A renewed push to ban seclusion, reduce restraint in Michigan schools PA: Philly parents push Council to ban preschool suspensions citywide TX: Texas has started handing out school voucher funding. Over 20,000 students have returned the money. TX: 25K Texas school voucher recipients opted out. Here’s why. Shut out of special education, this Texas family is fighting back COPAA Attends Roundtable with Senator Kaine KY: ‘So many more opportunities’: Kentucky law creates alternative diploma for students with special needs NY: NYC still misses most deadlines for special education services after facing legal orders TX: Texas’ first year of school vouchers is starting. Students with disabilities find hope, but face obstacles TX: ‘A hot mess’: HISD families brace for new school year under special education overhaul UT: Granite families worry special education changes could affect student services As the Education Department Is dismantled, who protects the right to learn? Our Story Meet the Catholic schools serving students with special needs Dyscalculia affects almost as many students as dyslexia. What can districts do? States see spike in special ed complaints Trump puts autistic kids in the spotlight and cuts agencies built to protect them