Duguay Educational Consulting and Advocacy

07/23/2025

Colorado has made Black history education mandatory for K-12 public schools. A new law, HB25-1149, requires the state to develop and implement standardized Black history education standards. The goal is to ensure all students learn about the history, culture, and contributions of Black Americans.

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb25-1149

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03/21/2025

03/08/2025

03/08/2025

Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

02/28/2025

The Trump administration launched a portal today for reporting DEI in public schools. Y’all know what to do.

The U.S. Department of Education launched EndDEI.Ed.Gov, a public portal for parents, students, teachers, and the broader community to submit reports of discrimination based on race or s*x in publicly-funded K-12 schools

02/13/2025

Thank you! Denver Public Schools

02/11/2025

During the 2021-2022 school year, the Fountain-Fort Carson School District (located in Colorado Springs) received a significantly higher percentage of its funding from federal sources compared to most other districts in Colorado. In that school year, approximately 37.4% of the district's funding came from federal sources.

This higher federal funding percentage is often due to the district serving a large number of students who qualify for federal programs, such as those for low-income families (e.g., Title I funding), special education, and other specific needs-based grants. Districts with a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students tend to receive more federal support to help meet those students' needs.

02/11/2025

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/department-of-education-closes-ieps

What role does the department play in IEPs/504 plans?

The department doesn’t play a direct role in the individual plans that provide special education services and school supports to eligible students. But it does provide money to help districts support students through IDEA, the special education law. In that way, it does influence how IEPs end up being used.

But even with an executive order, the president can’t end the following without talking to Congress, because they’re part of the law:

IEPs

Special education funding

Legal rights in statutes

504 plans are based on a civil rights law, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. They arose as a practice to document what schools were doing in terms of discrimination. The U.S. Department of Education oversees and enforces this anti-discrimination law in schools that get federal funding.

The Trump administration plans executive action to break up the Department of Education and cut its functions. How could that affect your child's IEP?