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We fight, We win, Am Yisrael Chai
The office is specifically responsible for administering about $15.1 billion worth of money to ensure that students with disabilities receive a “free appropriate public education” as codified under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. On Wednesday, a federal judge in California temporarily halted the layoffs.
Students with disabilities have been entitled to a free appropriate public education until the age of 21 since President Gerald Ford passed the Education for Handicapped Children Act in 1975. The law was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act when President George H.W. Bush reauthorized it in 1990. Bush’s son, George W. Bush, reauthorized the legislation again in 2004.
The move is already causing fear among parents of children with disabilities. The employee who worked in the Office of Special Education Programs said gutting the agency would disproportionately hurt students in red states.
"If you look at the percentage of funding of special education in the red states, it's much higher than in blue states," they said. "So honestly, they're gonna hurt even more because they have higher federal funding for special education."
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Students with disabilities have been entitled to a free appropriate public education until the age of 21 since President Gerald Ford passed the Education for Handicapped Children Act in 1975. The law was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act when President George H.W. Bush reauthorized it in 1990. Bush’s son, George W. Bush, reauthorized the legislation again in 2004.
The move is already causing fear among parents of children with disabilities. The employee who worked in the Office of Special Education Programs said gutting the agency would disproportionately hurt students in red states.
"If you look at the percentage of funding of special education in the red states, it's much higher than in blue states," they said. "So honestly, they're gonna hurt even more because they have higher federal funding for special education."
Trump guts Education Department and special needs students pay the price: ‘I’m more heartbroken for the students’
IN FOCUS: Employees tell reporter Eric Garcia that they fear that students with disabilities will go without vital services after Trump’s recent layoffs in the federal government