According to a new report from the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University, proposed funding cuts, mass layoffs, and rescinded guidance will impede educational access for some of our neediest students. The report raises concerns about proposed cuts to formula grants for Title III funding aimed at language skills…
In back-to-back court orders issued September 10th and September 11th, federal judges in Washington and Rhode Island temporarily blocked a controversial Trump administration policy that would exclude some immigrants from federal programs, including in education. In July, a handful of agencies including the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and…
In an opinion piece, Jacqueline Rodriguez, the CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, a nonprofit that supports people with learning disabilities and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, was joined by Ayan Kishore, the CEO of Benetech, a nonprofit driving accessibility through technological innovation. As Congress debates the future of federal…
As reported by K-12 Dive, on September 9, 2025 the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, after a day-long debate, advanced a bill that would reduce federal Title I funding for low-income schools by 26% and cut the overall U.S. Department of Education (USDE) budget by 15% to $67 billion for fiscal…
An E-rate expansion that allowed schools to use the program’s funds for school bus Wi-Fi and hotspots for students could soon be reversed, pending a vote called for by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr. According to a spokesperson, commissioners can vote on the matter outside of their open…
According to a Labor Day news release, U.S. House Republicans are considering a $5.2 billion cut (27%) reduction in Title I funding for low-income schools and districts under a fiscal year 2026 (FY26) proposal. The proposal would cut overall funding for the U.S. Department of Education (USDE), including K-12 and…
On July 31, 2025, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee (Committee) approved a bipartisan spending bill for fiscal year 2026 (FY26) that would prevent the executive branch from removing Title I and special education programs to agencies outside the U.S. Department of Education (USDE). The legislation also rejects several other funding…
On July 25, 2025. the Trump administration announced plans to release more than $5 billion in funding to public schools that it has withheld for nearly a month. According to the U.S. Education Department (USDE), the funds will be released starting the week of Monday July 28, 2025. Legislators from…
On July 17, 2025, ten Republican senators made a similar plea that had previously been made in a July 10 letter by 32 Democratic senators to unfreeze over $6 billion in funds being withheld by the Office of Budget Management (OMB). In their plea, the GOP senators stated that they don’t believe the over…
During a July 14, 2025 session at a legislative summit hosted by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), special education professionals from across the country urged the federal government to make investments in student mental health, citing the dire need for…
