<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000×2000+0+0/resize/3000×2000!/?url=httppercent3Apercent2Fpercent2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.compercent2Fa6percent2Febpercent2F4283fc2b4e978d3be22153a2f1c0percent2Fnpr-idea-anniv-2025-promo.jpg' alt='Left: Ed Martin was one of many authors of the regulation now often known as IDEA. Earlier than the regulation, kids with disabilities have been typically turned away from public colleges. “They have been invisible,” says Martin. Proper: Maggie Heilman and her daughter, Brooklynn, 14, at their residence in a Kansas Metropolis suburb. Brooklynn has Down syndrome and her personal particular schooling plan because of IDEA.’/>
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fireside, lots of the federal workers members who handle and implement federal incapacity regulation in colleges.
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