US EditionParents fear losing disability protections as Trump slashes civil rights office
The Trump administration closed more than half of the Office for Civil Rights regional offices, limiting investigations into nearly 23,000 complaints filed in fiscal 2024, including 37% on disability discrimination.
- The Education Department announced on March 11 it was firing nearly half its 4,133 employees, shuttering seven of 12 Office for Civil Rights regional offices.
- Amid a wider push to shrink agencies, the Department of Government Efficiency began large-scale layoffs this year, wiping out civil-rights mechanisms at D.H.S. and dissolving the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
- The Office for Civil Rights reported nearly 23,000 complaints in fiscal 2024, with about 8,400 alleging disability discrimination, and the Education Department says children with disabilities make up 14% of students but 75% of those secluded and 81% physically restrained.
- Advocates have sued to stop Trump's plans, and Emma Miller, Wake Forest, North Carolina, fears protections will vanish after the Education Department declined to investigate her complaint; Miller wrote, "My children have suffered."
- Under federal law parents have 180 days to file complaints, but those complaints are now in limbo as President Donald Trump's administration dismantles the Education Department, and advocates warn this will harm Black children and students with disabilities.
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Parents fear losing disability protections as Trump slashes civil rights office
Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal.
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Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office
Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under federal law, public schools must provide children with disabilities a “free appropriate public education,” to give them the same opportunity to learn as other kids. The twins’ mother, Emma Miller, and …
Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office - The Sacramento Observer
By Fred Clasen-Kelly | KFF Health News | Special to The OBSERVER (KFF) – Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under federal law, public schools must provide children with disabilities a “free appropriate public education,” to give them the same…
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