by Michelle Diament | April 8, 2025
“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 Linda McMahon, 23 Democratic senators are warning that dismantling the agency will “cause immense harm” to students with disabilities.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month calling for the Education Department to be closed and he subsequently announced that “special needs” programs would be moved to the Department of Health and Human Services.”