Critics Alarmed as Trump Leverages Shutdown to Gut Special Education Office
The administration considered shifting oversight of IDEA from the Education Department to HHS, raising concerns about HHS lacking expertise to implement special education law.
Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education
Layoffs gutted the Department of Education's special education office, cutting most staff who oversaw $15 billion and services for 7.5 million children with disabilities.
