ID: Education department considers lifting special education age limit

by kids1stadvocac | Nov 25, 2025 | State

Idaho Ed News State leaders are considering increasing the age limit for special education services, after court orders in neighboring states made students eligible for services up to age 22.  Idaho funds special education students in public schools through the...

House Holds Hearing on Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE

by kids1stadvocac | Nov 25, 2025 | Federal

Last week, the House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education held a hearing titled From Classroom to Career: Strengthening Skills Pathways Through CTE. Witnesses included: Dr. Deb Volzer, Vice President, Workforce Development, SME; Kristi...

Congressional Democrats Decry Dismantling of Disability Labor Protections

by kids1stadvocac | Nov 18, 2025 | Federal

A coalition of 56 Democratic lawmakers, led by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Reps Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Lateefah Simon (D-CA), sent a letter to Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer condemning what they describe as the “most...

CT: UConn grapples with the legacy of a CT institution for the disabled

by kids1stadvocac | Nov 11, 2025 | State

CT Mirror English professor Brenda Brueggemann had driven by the memorial stone, the grassy grove, and the architectural shells of the shuttered institution every day for years on her way to teach at the University of Connecticut. The campus of the former Mansfield...

MT: Montana advocates worry about federal impacts on support for students with disabilities

by kids1stadvocac | Sep 23, 2025 | State

KFF Health News In August, a federal judge in Montana approved a settlement between the state’s education agency and disability rights advocates that will enable eligible Montana students to continue receiving special education services through age 22. Despite...