In The Politics of Autism, I write about social services, special education and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Rachel M. Perera, Jon Valant, Katharine Meyer at Brookings:
Project 2025’s education agenda proposes a drastic overhaul of federal education policy, from early childhood through higher education. Here’s just a sample of the Project 2025 education-related recommendations:Dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (ED)
- Eliminate the Head Start program for young children in poverty
- Discontinue the Title I program that provides federal funding to schools serving low-income children
- Rescind federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students
- Undercut federal capacity to enforce civil rights law
- Reduce federal funding for students with disabilities and remove guardrails designed to ensure these children are adequately served by schools
- Promote universal private school choice
Many of the ideas would require legislation.
The same goes for major changes to existing legislation. This includes, for example, a proposal to convert funding associated with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to no-strings-attached block grants and education savings accounts (with, presumably, much less accountability for spending those funds appropriately).
