- Education
Chief Education Officers and P&As Discuss Successes in Educating Students with Disabilities during COVID-19
April 22, 2020
NDRN and CCSSO have joined together to highlight two states, Kentucky and Nebraska, that are working successfully to educate students with disabilities during COVID-19.
Press Release - COVID-19
Disability Rights Arkansas Files Lawsuit Against Governor and Department of Corrections
April 21, 2020
A complaint was filed on behalf of Arkansas state prisoners over the inadequate measures to prevent COVID-19 transmission, illness, and death in state correctional facilities.
Press Release - COVID-19
Disability Groups Call for Release of Prisoners with Disabilities Vulnerable to COVID-19
April 6, 2020
NDRN calls on state and local officials to ensure that people with disabilities are not left behind in crowded and unsanitary conditions in our nation’s jails and prisons while others are being released.
Press Release - COVID-19
Statement on Serving Students with Disabilities During COVID-19 Outbreak
March 23, 2020
COPAA, NASDSE, NDRN and National PLACE stand unified that the IDEA and all of the rights for students with disabilities conveyed in the law must remain in effect despite school closures occurring in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Press Release - COVID-19
Senate Must Act to Support Families Impacted by COVID-19
March 18, 2020
NDRN strongly urges the U.S. Senate to pass the Families First Coronavirus Act.
Press Release