Two federal laws – the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act – prohibit discrimination against students with disabilities.

New America's Education & Work programs share concerns about the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its threat to ...

If approved, these cuts will eviscerate a critical source of health care and stability for 10s of millions of people. Most devastatingly, radical cuts to Medicaid will be catastrophic for people with ...

The decision has received relatively little attention compared with other blockbusters from this term—but it stands to have a ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday attempting to shutter a federal department that aids students with disabilities.

Federal lawmakers are seeking answers from the U.S. Department of Education amid efforts to shutter the agency and reassign “special needs” programs elsewhere. In a letter to Secretary of Education ...

To commemorate 35 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, Disability Resource Network is hosting its first-ever fundraiser — “Reflections: A Fireside Chat with the ...

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

It’s imperative that we continue to fight for our services and programs, especially now, or we can lose these essential rights, says the letter writer.

In an op-ed published by Teen Vogue, Mia Ives-Rublee argues that protections under the Individuals with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act should be strengthened, not ...

Mannion introduced a bill to strengthen the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a law enacted 50 years ago to protect students with disabilities.

Helping schools follow federal laws aimed at students with disabilities The Department of Education oversees many federal laws that govern how students with and without disabilities experience school.