On December 11, 2015 President Obama signed into law the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. ESSA will replace the No Child Let Behind Act of 2001.
Transition Truths is an online tool that describes systems that may affect youth with and without disabilities as they transition from youth to adulthood.
On January 25, 2016, President Obama announced a series of executive actions that include a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system.
On January 25, 2013, US Office for Civil Rights issued guidance clarifying school districts’ existing legal obligations to provide equal access to extracurricular athletic activities to students with disabilities. The Dear Colleague letter below provides examples of the types of reasonable modifications that schools may be required to make to existing policies, practices, or procedures: Extracurricular athletics—which include club, intramural, or interscholastic (e.g.,freshman, junior varsity, varsity) athletics at all education levels—are an important component of an overall education program. The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report that underscored that access to, and participation in, extracurricular athletic opportunities [...]
