Bills in Congress detail path to closing the Education Department

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 22, 2025 | Federal

K-12 Dive Several Republican-led bills introduced in Congress this year propose how to divide up the U.S. Department of Education’s responsibilities among other federal agencies — and thereby carry out President Donald Trump’s plan to eliminate the 45-year-old agency....

MI: Hundreds of Michigan families’ civil rights cases impacted by federal cuts

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | State

Chalkbeat There was a time George Finley Jr. was on the honor roll. After the seventh grader started having epileptic seizures a couple of years ago, he experienced memory loss. Now, he’s far behind where he should be academically. The Detroit Public Schools Community...

Students, additional parents join lawsuit challenging Department of Education’s abandoning of civil rights investigations

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 15, 2025 | Federal

On April 10, 2025 multiple parents and students, including COPAA members, from various states across the country have joined a federal lawsuit that seeks to restore the functions of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and reverse...

A Texas student was kneed in the face by a school cop: Her civil rights case is one of thousands that may never be resolved

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 1, 2025 | Federal

The 74 After a campus police officer grabbed student Ja’Liyah Celestine by the hair and kneed her in the face, she filed a federal civil rights complaint that alleged persistent racial discrimination against Black teens at her Texas high...

Report Finds Millions of Students Left with No Civil Rights Protections

by kids1stadvocac | Apr 1, 2025 | Federal

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Ranking Member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee released a report highlighting the impacts of recent firings at the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on students who rely on OCR to...