by kids1stadvocac | Jul 14, 2026 | Federal
On June 30, Protect Democracy and Jacobson Lawyers Group filed suit on behalf of the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and other stakeholders challenging actions by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OMB...
by kids1stadvocac | Jun 16, 2026 | Federal
K-12 Dive Attorneys general in three states — California, Rhode Island and Wisconsin — sued the U.S. Department of Education on June 9, saying the agency unlawfully discontinued grants in those states that fund professional development of special education staff and...
by kids1stadvocac | May 26, 2026 | Federal
K-12 Dive The U.S. Department of Education is under pressure from K-12 and college groups, as well as a bipartisan group of U.S. senators, to release nearly $300 million in funding for education research. In a May 11 letter, a bipartisan group of 19 U.S....
by kids1stadvocac | Jan 20, 2026 | Federal
Education Week The constitutional principle known as “the power of the purse” has been a fixture of American history classrooms for generations. Federal law explicitly prohibits the executive branch from overriding Congress’s spending decisions. But with a cascade of...
by kids1stadvocac | Nov 4, 2025 | Federal
The Atlantic The Trump administration has taken the government shutdown as an opportunity to end federal oversight of the education services offered to more than 8 million children with disabilities in America. Last month, the Department of Education attempted to...
