Statement of Jocelyn Frye, President of the National Partnership for Women & Families
WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 20, 2025 – “The Administration’s ongoing obsession with attacking the Department of Education is the latest effort to undo critical tools for ensuring that educational opportunity is accessible for everyone. The Department has a longstanding, pivotal, statutorily defined role to help ensure that all students can experience a quality education that prepares them for life. Disabled students, in particular, rely on the Department’s enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, to access quality educational programs in settings that can help promote learning and build critical skills for full participation in the workforce and the economy.
Attempting to eliminate the important federal role played by the Department threatens to do lasting damage to students in terms of making it harder to access the educational supports they need and potentially adding onerous costs on families. Students, families, and all of us deserve a real commitment to the education of all students, not political stunts and photo ops.”
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