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CA: Windsor district unfairly disciplines special education students, some parents say
The Press Democrat The student was only 4 years old when he was suspended for the first time. He was in a transitional kindergarten class, a preparatory year that helps students develop fundamental social and emotional skills. By the time he was 5, the boy had been...
CT: Deal struck: Revised special education funding bills pass after Lamont veto
WTNH Connecticut’s Democrat-led state legislature passed two funding bills totalling $43 million for special education and nonprofit groups – capping two weeks of drama that saw the Democratic governor veto spending bills pushed by leaders of his own party only to...
DC: Parents of kids with special needs respond to Dept. of Education investigation into DCPS
ABC7 NEWS Anacostia mother Andrea Jones said she had to fight D.C. Public Schools (DCPS) to get help for her son, who has autism spectrum disorder. “It was a lot of him just not being able to obtain the academics that he was entitled to,” she told 7News. Jones said...
OH: Executive Budget cuts $95M for special education
Policy Matters Ohio Ohio’s public school districts will lose more than $103 million in foundation formula funding over the next two years, including $95 million in cuts to special education funding, if the budget proposed by Gov. DeWine passes. A series of fact...
MN: Minnesota Bills Would Roll Back Bans on Seclusion and Expulsion for K-3 Students
The 74 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: Here’s how a Pennsylvania school is setting students with autism, intellectual disabilities up for success
MSN People with autism often face barriers to employment, but a private school in Middletown Township, Delaware County, is coming up with a solution. Davidson School, operated by the nonprofit Elwyn, opened a café on Feb. 3 so students can get real-world experience...
TN: State Comptroller releases student ‘informal removal’ study
clevelandbanner.com What would you do if you learned your disabled child was “informally removed” from their classes at school? How would you deal with the issue, and what steps would you take to fix the situation? On Wednesday, the Tennessee’s Comptroller’s Office of...
TX: Voucher bills want to prioritize low-income families and be open to all students. Those goals might be at odds
crossroadstoday.com In public hearings, during Capitol floor debates, and in rooms packed with their constituents, Texas lawmakers have pitched school vouchers as a tool that will primarily benefit low-income students — and not just, as their critics argue, offer...
For a Texas mother of triplets with disabilities, school-choice debate feels hollow
Texarkana Gazette It was still dark when Liz Piñón loaded her triplets into the family's red van and set off for Austin. The children scrolled their phones as they made the four-hour drive from Crowley to the Capitol. Piñón glanced at her set of 12-year-olds: There...
CT: Lamont hints at line-item veto of special education funding
CT Mirror Gov. Ned Lamont is expected to use a line-item veto to kill a $40 million supplemental appropriation for special education that the Senate unanimously passed Tuesday over the governor’s objections. In a statement issued moments after the Senate gave final...