Trump's Layoffs Harm Disabled Kids
Recent layoffs in the Department of Education have raised concerns, with
"This is absolutely a violation of federal law."being expressed.
Last Friday, nearly all senior staff members in the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) received reduction-in-force notices, as part of a larger wave of layoffs affecting 460 people across the Department of Education.
- OSEP's responsibilities include distributing funding for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which supports roughly 7.5 million disabled students.
- The federal government is supposed to cover up to 40% of the costs of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs), but currently only covers around 13%.
Author's summary: Trump's layoffs hurt disabled kids' education.