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WA: Bill to fully fund special ed progresses through WA legislature
Cascade PBS Washington lawmakers are on the cusp of eliminating a special education funding cap, which critics said was straining school finances, hurting students, and putting the state at risk of a major lawsuit. On a 97-0 vote, the House amended, then passed Senate...
WA: Lawsuit accuses special ed school districts of neglect and abuse
Seattle Times Two Tacoma-area families are suing the owner of a now-shuttered private special education school, alleging that school staff abused and neglected vulnerable students. The Northwest School of Innovative Learning was Washington’s largest publicly funded...
LA: State, school district ask judge to end federal scrutiny of New Orleans special education
The Lens The Louisiana Department of Education and Orleans Parish School Board have asked a federal judge to release them from a decade-old judgment, instituted on behalf of special-education students who weren’t receiving services from charter schools in the early...
LA: State, school district ask judge to end federal scrutiny of New Orleans special education
The Lens The Louisiana Department of Education and Orleans Parish School Board have asked a federal judge to release them from a decade-old judgment, instituted on behalf of special-education students who weren’t receiving services from charter schools in the early...
TX: How Education Department’s end could hurt Texas special ed
The Texas Tribune President Donald Trump's order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education last month came with promises that federal dollars for special education will stay intact. In CNN’s State of the Union, U.S. Education Secretary Linda...
TX: 2 Texas bills tackle long-overdue special ed reforms — & a $1.7B funding gap
The 74 Texas school leaders are hopeful that a pair of bills making their way through the state legislature could help to close an estimated $1.7 billion special education funding gap and better equip schools to handle a dramatic rise in the number of children with...
CO: Safety concerns in a Jeffco kindergarten classroom spark legal and ethical questions
Jeffco Transcript Parents of several kindergarten students at a Jefferson County elementary school have come forward in recent months with concerns about repeated classroom evacuations, student injuries, and growing anxiety among their children, all tied to the...
ID: Senate kills funding for high-needs students
Bonner County Daily Bee The Idaho Senate on Tuesday narrowly killed a bill that would have provided $3 million to fund services for high-needs students. The bill came the same year an independent evaluations office released a report that found the state’s K-12 public...
FL: Senate president wants to support disabled Floridians. Lawmakers are delivering
Central Florida Public Media Two bills that would expand services for K-12 students with disabilities have now passed a full vote of the Florida Senate. These bills would expand early intervention programs for students with autism and provide work credentials for...
LA: La. parent says Trump’s plan will hurt special education
shreveportbossieradvocate.com Kathleen Cannino feared this day was coming. President Donald Trump signed an order this month calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be dismantled. Trump, who argues that the agency is wasteful and ineffective, already...