When President Donald Trump took office again, the work of the federal office that investigates disability-related discrimination in U.S. schools quickly ground to a halt.
Cases that had been progressing toward mediation or a resolution with school districts were abruptly canceled with no explanation, according to advocates.
Denise Marshall, the ceo of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a disability rights group, has been fielding worries from parents around the country about it over the past month. In recent weeks, she said staffers at the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights who’d been assigned to investigate students’ situations halted communications altogether.
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