Celebrating 50 Years of the IDEA and Its Impact on Special Education
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Fifty years after the signing of the law that established special education rights for children with disabilities, concerns are rising that recent federal staff cuts and policy shifts under the Trump administration threaten to undermine these protections and revert to a pre-1975 era of discrimination and exclusion.
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- Huffman, Van Hollen, Cassidy, Thompson, Scholten, James Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Resolution Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Congressman Jared Huffman (.gov)
- IDEA at 50: How the landmark law changed education K-12 Dive
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