"Last month, the Department of Education attempted to fire nearly every staff member left at the Office of Special Education Programs-an action now stuck in litigation. The department had already canceled millions of dollars in grants to provide teacher training and parental support for students with disabilities, and it is now "exploring additional partnerships" to move special-education services elsewhere in the government. Ostensibly, these cuts and administrative changes are part of a broader effort to empower states."
"President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act into law on November 29, 1975. It mandated that all children with any form of disability must be provided a free public education and that they be educated alongside children without disabilities "to the maximum extent appropriate." This landmark legislation has improved the lives of generations of children with disabilities."
Federal leaders have used the government shutdown to end federal oversight of education services for more than eight million children with disabilities. The Department of Education attempted to fire nearly all remaining staff at the Office of Special Education Programs, a move now tied up in litigation. The department canceled millions in grants for teacher training and parental support and is exploring partnerships to transfer special-education services elsewhere in government. Congressional weakening over five decades left the governing law precarious. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 mandated free public education and inclusive schooling, dramatically increasing access for students with disabilities.
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