Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Attack on Disabled Students

Trump is trying to rip apart the federal protections that help disabled students get the education they are legally owed.

His administration wants to move special education oversight to Health and Human Services and shift key school civil rights enforcement to the Department of Justice. That may sound technical. It is not. It could leave families trapped in confusion, delays, and red tape when their children are denied services, accommodations, or equal treatment at school.

More than 7 million children rely on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. They need a strong Department of Education that understands schools, enforces the law, and makes districts follow through.

Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s attack on disabled students and block any plan that weakens special education and school civil rights enforcement.

When a child is denied an IEP, ignored after reporting discrimination, or left without the support they need to learn, families need a clear place to turn. Scattering these responsibilities across federal agencies risks making an already broken system even harder to navigate.

We need to push Congress to force the plan into the open, protect the Department of Education, and make it clear that IDEA and the Office for Civil Rights cannot be hollowed out behind closed doors.

Disabled students are not pawns in Trump’s war on public education. Their rights, classrooms, and futures must be protected.

Add your name now and demand Congress stop this dangerous attack before more families are left fighting alone.

The petition to Congress reads:

“Block any transfer of special education and school civil rights enforcement out of the Department of Education. Protect the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, defend the Office for Civil Rights, and hold immediate oversight hearings on the Trump administration’s plan to dismantle student protections.”