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CA: What LAUSD students with disabilities need to know about the ban on cellphones in class
LAist There are at least 63,000 students with disabilities in the Los Angeles Unified School District. For these students, the district's cellphone ban has implications beyond missing texts from friends or losing the option to scroll social media at lunch. Families...
NJ: Special education school bus safety bill clears NJ Senate
NorthJersey.com Monday's legislation, approved by a 39-0 vote, is sponsored by Sens. Kristin Corrado, a Passaic County Republican, and Patrick Diegnan, a Democrat from Middlesex County. It would create a panel of parents, educators, state officials, and advocates who...
TX: Proposed state bill would make it easier to suspend students
San Antonio Report State lawmakers want to make it easier for schools to suspend younger students and students experiencing homelessness. House Bill 6, which is sponsored by nearly three-quarters of Republican representatives in the Texas House, greenlights the use of...
TX: Why North Texas educators fear vouchers could weaken special education resources
KERA News Jolene Sanders thought a private school could give her son with autism the kind of specialized attention he needed. So she searched for a good school with a good program. “Well, it doesn’t exist,” she said she ultimately concluded after looking. Sanders, now...
WI: Parents rally for increased funding for special education services
wkow.com Parents of children with special education needs gathered at the State Capitol on Wednesday to urge legislators to increase funding for special education services. The rally was organized by Melissa Custer and COPAA member, Tiffany Schanno, who launched...
AL: Alabama parents sue over cuts to education civil rights office: ‘Discriminatory and unsafe’
al.com Alabama parents are leading a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over recent cuts to the Office for Civil Rights, which investigates alleged abuses in local schools. The lawsuit, filed March 14, claims school civil rights investigations have been...
MN: Minnesota bills would roll back bans on seclusion and expulsion for K-3 students
MSN.com Two years ago, Minnesota outlawed most suspensions and all disciplinary seclusion of very young pupils in schools. An outgrowth of an effort to curb police abuses In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, it was a change that advocates for children with...
PA: With DOE’s Office of Civil Rights depleted, a lawsuit seeks to continue discrimination investigations in schools
The Philadelphia Inquirer With its workforce slashed and most of its regional offices — including one in Philadelphia — now shuttered, the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has effectively halted investigating issues of sex-, race-, and...
WA: Special education students need more than an infusion of money
The Seattle Times (Editorial) Washington state is where laws guaranteeing education for students with disabilities got their start back in 1971. Before then, kids who had trouble reading, walking, or hearing were largely ignored by schools, with lifelong consequences....
Unanimous West Virginia Senate Passes Elementary School Discipline Bill
The Intelligencer The West Virginia Senate passed its version of a bill Monday addressing student discipline in elementary schools. The Senate passed Senate Bill 199, relating to elementary behavior intervention and safety, in a 33-0 vote Monday morning. SB 199...