Today President Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). The HCPA expands federal hate crime protection beyond race, religion and national origen to now include the victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or disability. This will allow the U.S. Justice Department to investigate and prosecute certain [...]
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities has provided scorecards for every state that includes information on state special education enrollment (including the number of students with specific learning disabilities), student performance on key indicators, federal funding provided to support special education in each state, and the state’s rating by the U.S. Department of Education on its [...]
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