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...
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...
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...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 14, 2026 | Federal
Last week, the Office for Special Education Programs (OSERS) at the U.S. Department of Education conducted a public briefing led by OSERS Acting Assistant Secretary Kelly Rogers to discuss an Interagency Agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 14, 2026 | Federal
NPR In a call with disability rights advocates Thursday, officials from the U.S. Department of Education tried to ease concerns about plans to move the agency’s special education offices to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The effort seemed to...
