Support Medicaid, Protect Children with Disabilities

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 22, 2025 | Federal

When Congress returns next week, the House and Senate will dive headlong into negotiations to develop the budget reconciliation package intended to support corporate tax cuts. To pay for the tax extensions, some Congressional Republicans have targeted Medicaid for...

Students with disabilities lost a helpful program to DOGE cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | Federal Archive

NPR If you visit the website for Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), you’ll find a “Wall of Receipts” listing more than 7,000 federal contracts it has terminated. Little detail is provided, besides the “savings”...

9.5 million students with disabilities affected by Trump’s education cuts, senators warn

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 8, 2025 | Federal Archive

13newsnow.com Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine have joined 19 other lawmakers in the Senate in signing a letter addressed to the U.S. Secretary of Education, expressing their concern that without the Department of Education, students with disabilities will...

Administration Readies “Recission Package” to Formalize Funding Cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 4, 2025 | Federal Archive

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has confirmed it is putting together a package of desired spending cuts for Congress, which would codify the steps taken at Agencies to shrink federal spending. Congressional appropriators have confirmed they...

MN: Special ed faces cuts as Minneapolis schools struggle to close $75M budget gap

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 1, 2025 | State Archive

MPR News Minneapolis school board members Tuesday night began detailing difficult cuts they expect to make to close a $75 million budget gap for next school year, including cutting more than 100 positions tied to special education. District leaders had previously...