Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is opposed to moving day-to-day management of special education services to the U.S. Department ...

Trump’s plans for dismantling the Education Department are sparking concerns that the federal government will fall short in ...

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.

While a top official says students will retain all their rights under federal law, some advocates and lawmakers call the ...

The Republican chairman of the Senate's education panel promised Democrats a committee vote to prevent special ed programs ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration's previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the ...

The Education Department is handing off two of its most important functions, giving oversight of special education and civil rights to other agencies. With the ...

The change could have particular effects in Pennsylvania, which has one of the nation’s highest shares of students with disabilities.

The district is consolidating special education services for the 2026-27 school year, which has prompted a federal civil ...