BALDWIN SLAMS TRUMP'S LATEST ILLEGAL MOVE TO SHUT DOWN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, KICK SPECIAL EDUCATION, CIVIL RIGHTS OUT OF DEPARTMENT

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS), slammed the Trump Administration's latest move in their effort to shut down the Department of Education and kick oversight and support of special education programs and civil rights enforcement out of the Department. The Trump Administration today announced that the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) will move to an unknown part of the sprawling Department of Health and Human Services and the Office ...