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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services issued a resource entitled Long COVID under Section 504 and the IDEA: A Resource to Support Children, Students, Educators, Schools, Service Providers, and Families. This resource for all stakeholders…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (May 27, 2021) – The Office of Special Education Programs released an OSEP Fast Facts and supplemental tool focused on school aged children aged 5 (in kindergarten) through 21 served under Part B of the…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (April 14, 2021) – The Office of Special Education Programs released two new OSEP Fast Facts about IDEA data files and personnel. The IDEA data files infographic provides an overview of 10 data files using 2018-19 and…
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…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Dec. 17, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released two new OSEP Fast Facts infographics focused on Asian and Hispanic and/or Latino children with disabilities in the U.S. The infographics use data collections authorized under Section…
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…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released a new OSEP Fast Facts infographic looking at data related to children aged 3 through 5 with disabilities. The infographic specifically looks at those…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 27, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released two new OSEP Fast Facts infographics looking at data related to Black or African American Students With Disabilities and American Indian and Alaska Native Children With Disabilities. The infographics use data collections authorized…
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 25, 2020) – The Office of Special Education Programs released an OSEP Fast Facts infographic to provide a summary of infants and toddlers with disabilities. The infographic looks at infants and toddlers with disabilities served under Part C of Individuals with Disabilities…
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…
By the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services WASHINGTON (May 6, 2020) — The Office of Special Education Programs released an OSEP Fast Facts infographic that provides an overview of children identified with emotional disturbance. Data collected under Section 618 of the Individuals with…