"Not only does the Department ... special education law and the civil rights of students with disabilities The Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, is the Education Department's enforcement arm.

While the Education Department does enforce federal education laws such as the use of federal funds or special education regulations, curriculum and day-to-day school operations are already under ...

Since the Department of Education ... access mission" and such laws "made civil rights enforcement a fundamental and long-lasting focus of the Department of Education," the agency writes.

The IDEA separately mandates additional federal funding specifically for special education services. Because these funds are mandated by federal law ... enforcement of the IDEA. The Department ...

She wanted to stay at her first school because she loved being on the speech and debate team – but the campus wasn’t wheelchair accessible. Her second school forced her to learn in a separate ...

"Not only does the Department of Education provide funding for staffing ... for allegedly leaning on law enforcement to discipline students with disabilities, ProPublica reported.