From CBS News On November 7, 2025, Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) introduced a bill to restore funding for Head Start programs during the ongoing government shutdown. "My bill would give families certainty that Head Start and the care it provides will continue," Baldwin said in a statement provided exclusively to CBS…
As reported by K-12 Dive, special education and disability rights advocates are strongly defending the federal role in the education of students with disabilities as their concerns grow over a potential shift in how our country conducts special education oversight and support. Although there is still no official plan from…
On October 27, 2025, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) to reinstate, for now, canceled federal grants for student mental health services due to “numerous irreparable harms flowing from the discontinuation decisions." In June 2025, 16 states sued the USDE in after the Trump administration in…
On October 23, 2025, NAPSA signed on to a letter sent to U.S. Senators Cassidy and Sanders claiming that through Reduction in Force (RIF) actions and incentives to exit the federal workforce, U.S. Secretary of Education McMahon has broken "longstanding precedent around the Department’s statutorily required duties to provide fiscal…
Abe Saffer, Federal Affairs 10/24/2025 Recent policy discussions from the administration and other policymakers have proposed transferring the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) from the Department of Education (ED) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Here are eight reasons the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) believes…
The U.S. Department of Education will host a five-day in-person negotiated rulemaking session from November 3-7, 2025. The committee will convene to cover the topic of Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE), addressing: 1. Phase-out of graduate and professional PLUS Loans.2. Establishment of new annual loan limits for graduate and…
As rumors swirled that special education programs could soon be leaving their longtime home at the U.S. Department of Education (USDE), a spokesperson has confirmed the USDE is “exploring additional partnerships” with other federal agencies to support this programming. Madi Biedermann, deputy assistant secretary for communications, in an email to…
NAPSA Joins a Broad Coalition Across the Nation and States Calling Upon the Administration and Congress to Protect Children with Disabilities, Reverse Layoffs, and Uphold Access to Key Educational Services October 22, 2025 Washington, D.C. – A broad coalition of national, state, and local disability, civil rights, and education organizations…
On October 15, 2025 New York City sued the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) over its decision in September to terminate $47 million in federal funding for 19 magnet schools. The USDE cut off the nation’s largest school system from discretionary grant funding after it found the New York City…
On October 15, 2025, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to immediately stop the mass firing of federal employees during the current government shutdown caused by Congress’ impasse over fiscal year 2026 funding. The Trump administration cannot issue any additional reduction in force (RIF) notices, and it cannot enforce…
