by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
USA Today Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the government’s special education division. Nearly the entire Office of...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 7, 2025 | Federal
In a decision filed on September 29th, a three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overruled a lower court decision and temporarily allowed the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to continue reducing Office for Civil Rights (OCR) staff. At issue...
by kids1stadvocac | Sep 16, 2025 | Federal
KFF Health News Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 26, 2025 | Federal
Education Week Civil rights staff laid off by the U.S. Department of Education will begin returning to work in September, the department told a federal judge this week. Roughly 25 employees from its office for civil rights are slated to return starting Sept. 8, in the...
by kids1stadvocac | Aug 19, 2025 | State
Arizona Capitol Times With empty desks and a heavy caseload at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, advocates for families with disabilities anticipate a pivot away from the federal route for discrimination complaint resolution. Instead,...
