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ED and HHS announced updated resources and proposed regulations for schools to deliver health care, including mental health services, to eligible students.
OSERS announced $224 million in discretionary grant opportunities in the largest competition in the history of OSERS Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). The funding will focus on transition services for children and youth with disabilities.
OSEP Director Valerie C. Williams shares her perspective of the IDEA on the acts 47th Anniversary.
The U.S. Department of Education announced the release of new guidance from its Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to help public elementary and secondary schools fulfill their responsibilities to meet the needs of students with disabilities and avoid the discriminatory use of student discipline.
WASHINGTON (June 28, 2022) – The U.S. Department of Education issued its 2022 determinations for states and territories on their implementation of the IDEA.
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 24, 2022) – The U.S. Department of Education released updated guidance and resources to aid COVID-19 mitigation efforts in schools and address the needs of students with disabilities as the U.S. moves to…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Jan. 24, 2022)—The U.S. Department of Education submitted its 2021 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) annual report to Congress last week. The 43rd Annual Report to Congress focuses on children and student with disabilities…
.S. Department of Education Issues Guidance on Federal Funds to Support Afghan and Other Newcomer Students
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Jan. 21, 2021)—The U.S. Department of Education submitted its 2020 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) annual report to Congress last week. The 42nd Annual Report to Congress focuses on children and student with disabilities…
WASHINGTON (Dec. 16, 2020) – The U.S. Department of Education honored the 45th anniversary of the signing of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142) into law at the end of November and beginning of December. The law, which was amended in…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 25, 2020) – The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services released an updated version of its transition guide to postsecondary education and employment for students and youth with disabilities. OSERS updated the transition guide, originally released in January 2017 and updated in…
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2020) – The Department of Education released two Questions-and-Answers documents to address dispute resolution during the COVID-19 environment June 22. Each document provides answers to inquiries received by the department’s Office of Special Education Programs. Responses address concerns related to implementing the…