Federal website for special education is down. But no, it hasn’t been scrubbed
A government website that explains a key federal law for students with disabilities was not working on Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s first morning in office, leading to anxiety among special-education advocates who are monitoring her views on the issue.
But an Education Department spokesman said what happened to the site was just a glitch.
The spokesman said the agency was made aware of the problem early Wednesday and is working to fix it as soon as possible. “The site was not taken down,” he said, adding that there have been server issues related to the site since at least Jan. 27.
The site lays out student rights under the Individuals with Disabilities Act, or IDEA. DeVos stumbled over questions related to IDEA during her Jan. 17 confirmation hearing, first suggesting that states could decide whether to enforce the federal law, and then saying she had been “confused” about it. DeVos has since pledged to enforce IDEA.
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