by kids1stadvocac | Oct 28, 2025 | State
The Detroit News When a federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to lay off hundreds of U.S. Department of Education employees late last week, many celebrated. But for those of us who work directly with Michigan families of students with...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 21, 2025 | Federal
In support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) hosted a virtual civil rights forum with disability rights leaders to discuss the impacts of the Administration’s “attacks” on disabled Americans. In his...
by kids1stadvocac | Oct 14, 2025 | Federal
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to the most recent cuts made by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that eliminate hundreds of jobs within the agency, COPAA CEO Denise Marshall made the following statement: On Friday, the Department of Education...
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...
