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,...

WI: Tony Evers says school leaders ‘beside themselves’ following failure of education and tax deal

by kids1stadvocac | May 19, 2026 | State

WPR Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says school leaders are “beside themselves” after the Legislature rejected a deal he negotiated that would have boosted education funding in exchange for tax cuts. In an interview with WISN-TV in Milwaukee, Evers blamed the impasse on...

CO: Colorado overhauls school oversight for students with disabilities

by kids1stadvocac | May 5, 2026 | State

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TX: Houston ISD plans to consolidate special education services, parent says after district meeting

by kids1stadvocac | May 5, 2026 | State

Houston Public Media Late last week, documents that leaked online and circulated on social media detailed proposed major changes to special education in Texas’s largest school district, which has been under state control since 2023. The documents appear to show...

FDA may finally make it illegal to shock Autistic kids as punishment

by kids1stadvocac | May 5, 2026 | Federal

Mother Jones In March 2024, the Food and Drug Administration under President Joe Biden introduced a new rule that would have banned, after decades, the use of electric shocks on disabled children as a form of punishment. A ban on forcibly shocking kids—which the...