by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
Disability Scoop Layoffs at the U.S. Department of Education will leave no more than a handful of staffers in the agency’s special education office, jeopardizing oversight of the nation’s programs for students with disabilities, advocates say. The Trump administration...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
USA Today Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the government’s special education division. Nearly the entire Office of...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
NPR President Trump has talked repeatedly about wanting to return education to the states and that dismantling the Education Department is part of that plan. Eliminating these staff members does not, at this point, cut special education funding to states. But one...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 7, 2025 | Federal
In a decision filed on September 29th, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overruled a lower court decision and temporarily allowed the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to continue reducing Office for Civil Rights (OCR) staff. At issue...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 16, 2025 | Federal
KFF Health News Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under...
