KAINE LEADS COLLEAGUES IN CALLING FOR STUDY ON POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, led his colleagues in a letter (https://www.kaine.senate.gov/download/letter-to-the-government-accountability-office-gao-regarding-transition-services-for-students-with-disabilities) to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that the Trump-Vance Administration conduct a study to help improve post-secondary outcomes for American students with disabilities. The letter comes shortly after the Administration announced it will further gut the Department of Education by shifting the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSER...