by kids1stadvocac | Jun 10, 2025 | Federal
U.S. Department of Education (ED) Secretary Linda McMahon presented ED’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget to both the Senate Appropriations Committee and the House Committee on Education and Workforce. As part of her testimony, McMahon detailed two primary objectives for...
by kids1stadvocac | Jun 3, 2025 | Federal
Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget detail that includes major cuts and changes to education programs, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Described as “streamlining” and “giving...
by kids1stadvocac | Jun 3, 2025 | Federal
On May 29, 2025, District Judge Myong Joun blocked an Executive Order (EO) issued by the White House to close the U.S. Department of Education (Department) and ruled that the Administration must reinstate hundreds of employees who had been previously fired. Myong’s...
by kids1stadvocac | Jun 3, 2025 | Federal
K-12 Dive The Trump administration’s decision to gut federal programs administered by the U.S. Department of Education and lay off half of the agency’s staff in an attempt to increase its efficiency has been met with resistance from lawmakers and, most recently, a...
by kids1stadvocac | May 27, 2025 | Federal
On May 22, 2025, the plaintiffs in the federal case New York v. McMahon won an important preliminary victory, in which the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts granted a preliminary injunction that blocks the sweeping changes recently ordered by...
