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CO: Bill strengthening protections for students with disabilities signed into law

by kids1stadvocac | Jun 2, 2026 | State

KOAA On Friday, Governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 125 (SB 125) into law. It strengthens protections for students with disabilities and creates a formal state level complaint process for families when students are denied accommodations. After signing SB...

PA: Philadelphia will end separate support program for some special education students

by kids1stadvocac | May 26, 2026 | State

Chalkbeat The Philadelphia school district plans to wind down a special education program that separates some students with additional learning needs into their own classrooms. The program, called Intensive Learning Support (ILS), is meant to help students who are...

FL: Jay Collins bashes Byron Donalds on individual learning plans for everyone

by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State

Florida Phoenix Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins unveiled his education agenda on Monday, which includes a rebuke of a proposal by one of his opponents in the Republican race for governor — U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds. In April, Donalds said in a speech in Miami that he wants...

NH: School Board revises special education reconfiguration after community pushback

by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State

Nashua Ink Link We know what happens when the mentality of a society is that people who talk different, or walk different, or process different, get sent to a different place or treated differently,” said Amy Wheeler Teas, a parent of three, two of which are intensive...

NY: Mamdani becomes latest mayor hoping to fix NYC’s special education system

by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State

Gothamist As he tries to solve New York City’s budget crisis, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is following in his predecessors’ footsteps by vowing to rein in the practice of taxpayers covering the cost of private tuition for students with disabilities. Under federal law,...
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