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TX: Texas’ first year of school vouchers is starting. Students with disabilities find hope, but face obstacles
The Lawton Constitution As the inaugural year of the Texas Education Freedom Accounts begins, North Texas families are preparing to leave their public school. They're grateful to exit a system they say isn't working for them. But finding a private school hasn't been...
TX: ‘A hot mess’: HISD families brace for new school year under special education overhaul
Yahoo! News Three days before Houston ISD's new school year begins, some families say they're still confused about which school their child will attend after the district's special education overhaul. In July, the Texas Education Agency ordered HISD to meet with...
UT: Granite families worry special education changes could affect student services
2KUTV When Bonniejean Brucks requested additional educational support for her 9-year-old daughter, Krista Grace, she expected Granite School District would build on the progress her daughter had made at her neighborhood school. Instead, Brucks said the request...
As the Education Department Is dismantled, who protects the right to learn?
The 74 A first grader reads an entire page on her own after months of specialized instruction. A middle school student with autism delivers his first classroom presentation. These moments are not medical breakthroughs, they are educational ones. Unfortunately, our...
Education Department defends controversial special education shakeup
K-12 Dive U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon, during a keynote address on Tuesday, emphasized the federal government’s obligation to enforce protections for students with disabilities, while touting the Trump administration’s efforts to give states, districts and...
AZ: Displacement of students, school evaluations violate federal law, Arizona Education Agency say
US News The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind violated federal disability law last spring when it restricted placement options for students and predetermined where they should attend, the Arizona State Department of Education says. As it prepared to...
GA: Georgia first-grader with autism suspended over sandwich incident sparks special education debate
Cleveland.com A Georgia family says its 6-year-old son with autism was suspended from school after biting his sandwich into the shape of a gun and pretending to point it at another student during lunch, an incident the parents argue reflects a broader pattern of...
IA: ACLU of Iowa urges schools to get rid of School Resource Officer programs
CBS2 Iowa A new report from the ACLU of Iowa says federal data shows Black students and students with disabilities are disproportionately referred to law enforcement and arrested in Iowa schools. The ACLU said about one-quarter of Iowa schools have a school resource...
NC: Funding model for students with disabilities leaves some N.C. schools scrambling
Border Belt Independent Bladen County school officials said in January the district would need an additional $1 million to educate students with disabilities last school year. Cheryl White-Smith, the district’s inclusive education director, told school board members...
NJ: Mom advocating for special ed kids was arrested at N.J. meeting — then the city backed down
Yahoo News A Jersey City mother who was escorted from a school board meeting in handcuffs and charged with defiant trespass was cleared of wrongdoing in court earlier this week. Jersey City Municipal Court Judge Cynthia Jackson dismissed the charge against the parent,...
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