From K-12 Dive 11/20/2025
Dive Brief:
- More than 850 local, state and national organizations Thursday morning released a joint commitment to support federal special education law and to protest any move that separates services for students with disabilities from the U.S. Department of Education.
- Coalition members, who also include individual advocates, support keeping the Education Department as an independent agency that is fully staffed and funded to oversee federal laws including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504.
- The statement comes just days after the Education Department announced it was transferring the management of six core programs to other federal agencies. Special education programming was not part of that announcement, but the Trump administration said it was still exploring that option.
Read more: https://www.k12dive.com/news/special-education-advocates-united-front-to-protect-idea/806013/
