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Education cuts likely to limit families’ options
For parents of kids with disabilities, advocating for their children can be complicated, time-consuming and expensive.
Education Department Staff Cuts Could Limit Options for Families of Children With Disabilities
When a parent believes their child is not receiving proper services or school accommodations for a disability, they can seek ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...
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An office known for enforcing special education is now focused on Trump’s political priorities
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is known best for enforcing the right to disability services across America’s schools. But under President Donald Trump, it’s takin ...
How will Education Department cuts impact your student loans, FAFSA and your child's IEPs?
How mass buyouts and layoffs at Trump's U.S. Department of Education might impact millions of students, teachers and ...
Opinion/Guest column: Disabled students face threat of withdrawn federal aid
The negation of 504 plans would not only harm student learning but would also set the precedent that living with a disability ...
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Students with disabilities struggle to get an education that meets their needs
Federal law guarantees students with disabilities access to an appropriate public education but it often falls to a family to make sure a child gets the most effective schooling.
Disabled Maple Grove teen takes school district discrimination case to U.S. Supreme Court
A Maple Grove family’s nine-year fight for a later school day and other educational services for their daughter will head to the U.S Supreme Court next month in a case that could clear the way for ...
What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...
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Colorado disability rights organizations speak out against sweeping cuts to US Department of Education
Disability Law Colorado says the move will strip essential protections for students with disabilities and weaken enforcement of civil rights laws like the ADA, IDEA, and Section 504.
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It's time for Oklahoma to ban corporal punishment like 33 other states have done | Opinion
Over the years, educators have learned that threatening disabled children with corporal punishment is not effective, but OK still allows it for many ...