Gina Gandolfi, right, and her 10-year-old son Nathan Gandolfi in his bedroom in Highland on April 16, 2025. Gina worries about how President Donald Trump’s cuts to the Department of Education ...

The Education Department currently disperses the money and makes sure states spend the money on students with disabilities. The agency spent $15.5 billion on special education programs for ...

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

Federal lawmakers are seeking answers from the U.S. Department of Education amid efforts to shutter the agency and reassign “special needs” programs elsewhere. In a letter to Secretary of Education ...

A special education leader under the George W. Bush administration says the dismantling of the Department of Education will impact students with disabilities. Stephanie Smith Lee now serves as ...