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a new report from the Children’s Equity Project at Arizona State University, proposed funding cuts, mass layoffs, and rescinded guidance will impede educational access for some of our neediest students.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…
As reported by K-12 Dive, the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) is urging the continuation of vaccine mandates in K-12 schools to help protect children from preventable illnesses. As per NASN, school vaccine requirements significantly reduce the risk of disease outbreaks in schools and the broader communities. In fact,…
NAPSA joined a coalition of NASISP member organizations providing the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) with recommendations to help mitigate shortages of specialized instructional support personnel (SISP), NASISP is a coalition of national professional organizations whose members provide and support a variety of school-based prevention, early identification, and intervention services that…
As reported by K-12 Dive, the U.S. Department of Energy has canceled plans to issue a rule that would have removed a regulatory requirement for schools receiving funding from the agency. The requirement in question was meant to level the playing field between boys and girls in athletics. Specifically, the…
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…
On September 6, 2025, the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities Education Task Force (CCD) provided comments regarding the U.S. Department of Education’s (USDE) proposed information collection for the mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for school years 2025-26 and 2027-28. Comment items included:-Reconsider and include data disaggregation on nonbinary students.…
According to Disability Scoop, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is canceling millions of dollars in grants for special education teacher training, parent resource centers and more saying that they don’t align with Trump administration priorities. In fact, the USDE’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) terminated grants for 25…
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…
A memo to U.S. attorneys and the FBI from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi cited a “disturbing trend” of silencing parents on curriculum issues. As a result, on September 8, 2025 the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) warned that public schools must provide parents with avenues to opt their children out…
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…
