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DeVos rescinds 72 documents regarding rights for disabled students

October 23, 2017 / PSU-AAUP

WASHINGTON -- The Education Department has rescinded 72 policy documents that outline the rights of students with disabilities as part of the Trump administration's effort to eliminate regulations it deems superflous.

The Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services wrote in a newsletter Friday that it had "a total of 72 guidance documents that have been rescinded due to being outdated, unnecessary, or ineffective -- 63 from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and 9 from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA)."  The documents, which fleshed out students' rights under the individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Rehabilitation Act, were rescinded Oct. 2.

Read the full article at the OregonLive website here.

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