We were pleased that the Department of Education hosted a formal listening session to hear personal experiences with special education and vocational rehabilitation from parents, teachers, students with disabilities, and other advocates. The session provided an opportunity for stakeholders across our communities to share specific examples of the importance of IDEA and Section 504 and why the Administration must not shift key functions and roles that these and other federal laws require the Secretary of Education to oversee.
During the three-hour session, not a single speaker expressed support for dismantling the Department of Ed or decreasing federal oversight of IDEA.
The Department of Ed continues to hear the same message: now is the time to advance IDEA, not dismantle 50 years of progress.
As a proud partner of the Advance IDEA Coalition, see our joint statement here:
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