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The administration announced in June that it would move civil rights and special education programs to other agencies as part of its broader effort to dismantle the Department of Education.
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The disability community has long worried about what would happen if special education oversight moved from the Education Department to another agency. Now, those moves are becoming more real.
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The agreement elicited rainstorm of criticism from teachers unions, others.
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Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department.
McMahon says the collaboration will better inform services for students with disabilities.
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The Trump administration announced Tuesday that oversight of special education and civil rights enforcement in schools will be transferred to other federal agencies, continuing the […] Source
The Trump administration is further gutting the Department of Education, moving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies.
Officials announced that the Education Department’s civil rights office would also be broken off, the most aggressive move yet to dismantle the department.
It plans to move special education and civil rights functions to HHS and DOJ.
Some students with disabilities rely on assistive technology to learn, and they worry it could be swept up in the movement to get screens out of schools.