U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights Sees a Rise in Disability Complaints
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has released its annual report for the fiscal year ending in September. Overall, there were 16, 720 complaints submitted to the office which is a dramatic increase from the 10, 392 submitted the previous year. According to the report, 36 percent […]
U.S Department of Education Officials will be in Texas December 12-15
The U.S. Department of Education is sending officials to Texas to ask residents and educators whether the state is illegally denying special education services to students with disabilities. Department officials said they will hold public “listening sessions” as part of a probe into a large decline in services in the […]