Protecting IDEA funding is vital for students with disabilities. Federal investments are cost-effective and impactful. Defunding IDEA would raise costs and limit access to opportunity.
The House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday passed two bills along party lines, 18-12, advancing the Trump administration's agenda on parental consent for use of student pronouns and barring federal funds for the teaching of "gender ideology" in public schools.
On Wednesday, 96 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to Carter requesting an "urgent" meeting to discuss the Trump administration's plans for what they say is to "illegally dismantle or drastically reduce" the Education Department.
The CEC Convention & Expo brings together special education professionals from around the world to learn and connect in hundreds of sessions covering the latest research, tips and strategies to support learners with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.
Trump’s Agenda 47 policy framework, which outlines the former president’s priorities for a second term, calls for the elimination of federal funding to schools found to promote critical race theory, transgender protections and “other inappropriate racial, sexual, or political content.”
