Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump ...

Current and former staffers are wary of vague plans to move special education out of the Education Department.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks a campaign event for then candidate Donald Trump on Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich. President ...

President Donald Trump’s recent executive order laying out a plan for dismantling the federal Department of Education ...

President Donald Trump has pledged to shutter the Department of Education but also promised that students with disabilities will keep getting the services they need. Special education advocates, ...

The shrinking number of special ed teachers adds to schools ... driven by autism The number of students covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has gone up, driven by ...

President Trump's plan to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education could lead to less enforcement of special-education laws ...

and collect data that help determine eligibility for IDEA funds. Enforcing special education law and the civil rights of students with disabilities The Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, is the ...