Action Alerts
- TAKE ACTION to Protect Children With Disabilities! | Moms Rising
- Tell Congress: Restore the Office of Special Education Programs | National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Parents Should Continue to File Disability Rights Complaints, Say Special Ed. Advocates | Ed Week
Articles
April 2026
Jan. 2026
- Ed Department Pushing Ahead With Plan To Offload Special Education | Disbility Scoop
Nov. 2025
- Opinion | Special ed parent, teacher on 50 years of disabilities education act
- Special educators, disability advocates form united front to protect IDEA | K-12 Dive
- IDEA at Risk: Move to HHS Still Expected | Council for Exceptional Children
- A Small Change in Special Ed. Rules Could Affect Equity, Accountability, Advocates Warn | Ed Week
- Leaders Sound the Alarm on the State of Special Education at IDEA Town Hall | Council for Exceptional Children
- Judge Bars Layoffs Affecting IDEA Oversight | Council for Exceptional Children
- Understanding the Impact of Potential Changes to Department of Education on Special Needs | A Day In Our Shoes
Oct. 2025
- ‘Educational Exile’: How Trump’s Layoffs Threaten Students With Disabilities | EdWeek
- Federal Special Education Cuts Could Ripple Through Douglas County Schools | Douglas County Lantern
- Coalition of Disability and Civil Rights Advocates Condemn Education Dept. Layoffs, Warn of IDEA Threat | The Law Office of Keith Altman, PLLC
- Department of Education Condemned for Ending Support for Students with Disabilities | National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Department of Education Condemned for Ending Support for Students with Disabilities | National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Parents, advocates alarmed as Trump leverages shutdown to gut special education office | Hechinger Report
- Remembering Why There’s a Special Education Law
- Special education teacher creates ‘lifeline’ for students with autism | KOAA
- What Was School Like for Students With Disabilities Before IDEA?
Resources
- Amplification Toolkit: November 4th Town HallProtect Children with Disabilities, Protect IDEA | Council for Exceptional Children
- Block Grants: A Framework for States’ Response to Potential Flexibility in Federal K-12 Education Funds | Bellwether
- “I’d Go, But What Would I Ask?” School Board Candidates and Special Ed Questions
- Special Education Layoffs: What the OSEP Firings Mean for Your Child’s IEP.
- Understood.org Explains Special Education Layoffs
Legislation
Bill in Congress aims to ban seclusion, limit restraint in schools | K12 Dive