Trump Administration Cautioned Against Changing IDEA Policy

22nd July, 2019

26 July 2019, News, Newsletter, Special Education

[Source: Disability Scoop]

Disability advocates and former federal special education officials are warning of possible Trump administration moves to alter policy related to a central tenet of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Advocates met with top officials at the U.S. Department of Education last week after receiving what they called “credible information” indicating that the agency planned to change or reinterpret policy on IDEA’s requirement that students with disabilities be served in the least restrictive environment, or LRE.

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