The Education Department is looking to move a $15 billion program supporting students with disabilities out of the agency as it works to close the agency altogether, a department official said Tuesday.
In response to what providers described as a looming crisis in childcare, an Arkansas Department of Education commission agreed to form an "emergency work group" hoping to save centers from closure.
The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws.
The layoffs wiped out the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which ensures children with disabilities receive a free, quality education under federal law and oversees around $16 billion in special education funding.
The layoffs wiped out the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which ensures children with disabilities receive a free, quality education under federal law and oversees around $16 billion in special education funding.
The prolonged government shutdown is helping the Trump administration advance its goal of closing the Education Department - a longtime conservative aim that congressional Republicans have failed to act on.
AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Advocates and former education officials are concerned about the future of special education in Texas following a Trump administration decision to cut staff in the special education office of the Department of Education…
AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Advocates and former education officials are concerned about the future of special education in Texas following a Trump administration decision to cut staff in the special education office of the Department of Education…
The Gujarat government has announced its Cabinet portfolio allocation. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has retained crucial departments including General Administration, Administrative Reforms and Training, among others. Deputy Chief…
All children have the right to an adequate education. The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services helps parents navigate their children’s educational needs.
Parents of children with disabilities are growing increasingly worried as the Education Department shrinks and mechanisms for accountability seem harder to find. The department laid off nearly half of its workforce earlier this year, is…
New York City schools sued federal education officials Thursday over a decision to discontinue $47 million in promised grants because of the schools' guidelines supporting transgender students.
New York City Public Schools filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over its move to cut $47 million in promised grants due to transgender bathroom policies.
New York City schools have sued federal education officials over the U.S. Education Department's decision to discontinue grants worth millions of dollars because of school policies supporting transgender students
Amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, Education Secretary Linda McMahon pointed out that the shutdown proves that her department is not needed.