Education Department defends controversial special education shakeup

by kids1stadvocac | Aug 11, 2026 | Federal, Uncategorized

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...

Education Bills Move Through Senate Committee, McMahon Responds

by kids1stadvocac | Jul 31, 2026 | Federal

Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) gaveled in Thursday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee markup with laser-focused determination: to advance his 21st Century Dyslexia Act and honor his pledge to Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) by bringing to a vote a...

86 House Dems Demand Halt to OSERS and OCR Move to HHS and DOJ

by kids1stadvocac | Jul 28, 2026 | Federal

Eighty-six House Democrats sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) urging a halt to its planned transfer of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil...

Former Special Education Officials Oppose Transfer of OSERS to HHS

by kids1stadvocac | Jul 21, 2026 | Uncategorized

In a July 14 letter, former senior special education officials who served under every presidential Administration from Richard Nixon through Joe Biden urged congressional appropriators to preserve the Department of Education’s statutory authority to administer...

This Week: House Committee Will Mark-Up Bills to Codify Transfer of Programs from Department of Education

by kids1stadvocac | Jul 14, 2026 | Federal

After last week’s introduction of a package of 10 bills that transfer key education programs currently under Interagency Agreements (IAAs) to their partner agencies, House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) has scheduled a committee...