“President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education, but experts are split on what that would mean for students with disabilities across the nation.
On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to close the federal agency responsible for overseeing implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and enforcing it.
Shuttering the Education Department would require an act of Congress, but with the former president headed back to the White House, the question of how such a move might impact students in special education emerged at a public briefing of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights late last week.”