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COPAA Protects the Legal and Civil Rights of Students with Disabilities and their Families Nationwide
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🎉 We’re 95 days away from the 28th annual COPAA Conference!
This year, your voice matters more than ever. Let’s learn, connect & advocate together.
👉 Join us, we need you.
Register now: www.copaa.org/page/2026-co...
#COPAA2026 #Advocacy
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Why I Give — Jesse Cutler, COPAA Board Chair
Your gift to COPAA strengthens the movement for educational equity.
Together, we build the collective strength of a movement that changes lives.

Donate today: www.copaa.org/donations/

#EducationEquity #DonateNow #COPAA
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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We’re THANKFUL for OUR entire COPAA community, children, families, advocates, attorneys, and all allied professionals.
We LEARN from you. We CONNECT with you. We ADVOCATE for you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Our office reopens Monday, Dec 1.
#COPAA #Thanksgiving
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November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Our allies at @thearcus.bsky.social join the lawsuit that asserts that recent mass layoffs and other efforts to stop the @alt-deptofed.bsky.social Dept of ED's work have stripped away essential protections for students with disabilities.
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The Arc Joins Lawsuit to Protect the U.S. Department of Education and the Rights of Students with Disabilities
At the center of the case is a question with national impact: What happens to students with disabilities when the very offices that support them and protect their education rights are gone?
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November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Congress prioritized students with disabilities 50 years ago and must do so again.
#ProtectIDEA #IDEA50
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Shared Principles & Commitment to the Education of Children and Youth with Disabilities
Please sign the Shared Principles document. The principles are listed below and can also be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qMA8vfjcirgnk25z8wGYdhavaLNetFz3LAfbL7EAjbE/edit?usp=shar...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Thank you, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick, for your commitment to protecting children & families by supporting the essential accountability of the U.S. Dept of ED.
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#BrianFitzpatrick #EducationMatters
Fitzpatrick Statement on the U.S. Department of Education
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November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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COPAA was proud to partner on the writing of this excellent opinion piece. Protect IDEA and our kids!

www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

#ProtectChildrenwithDisabilities #ProtectIDEA #DontTurnBacktheClock
McMahon's education plan breaks the law and denies students' rights | Opinion
What Linda McMahon dismisses as 'micromanagement' is, in reality, the implementation of our nation's special education law.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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🎉 Just 100 days until the 28th Annual COPAA Conference!
Join us for a powerful lineup of advocacy, learning, and networking opportunities.
Mark your calendar, gather your team, and register now: www.copaa.org/page/2026-co...
#COPAA2026 #100DayCountdown #AdvocateLearnConnect
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November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Join COPAA for an Attorney Roundtable on December 3rd at 1 PM ET with Alexis Casillas, Esq., covering Litigation Strategies. Exclusive to COPAA Attorney members.
Register for free: learn.copaa.org
#COPAA #AttorneyRoundtable #LitigationStrategies
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November 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Empower your teen's future!
Join the Student Rights Initiative at COPAA’s 28th Annual Conference. Ages 14-19, learn self-advocacy, laws, and more.
Register now: www.copaa.org/page/2026-sri #COPAA #SRI #COPAA2026
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November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Thank you, Sen. Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov, for championing IDEA and standing with students with disabilities. Your leadership is crucial as IDEA turns 50. We’ll keep fighting for inclusive education.
#ProtectIDEA #InclusionMatters
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Thank you, Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov, for your commitment to IDEA and for supporting children with disabilities.
Let's protect education as we approach IDEA's 50th anniversary!
#ProtectChildrenwithDisabilities #ProtectIDEA #DontTurnBacktheClock
November 21, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Communication Is a Human Right: Non-Speakers, Seclusion Bans & Disability Law w/COPAA." Our CEO, Denise Marshall, recently appeared on "The Lighter Side of the Spectrum" w/David Kaufer
Watch it on YouTube! - youtu.be/v3EMV3-18Bo?...
#CommunicationIsAHumanRight #COPAA
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November 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Denise, our CEO, said in a statement, “With the current policy, funding, dismantling of the Dept of ED, & other threats to the IDEA, our organizations have forged an essential partnership.”
For more information, read the article by K12DiveNews Dive - www.k12dive.com/news/special...
Special educators, disability advocates form united front to protect IDEA
The 850-member coalition supports keeping special education programming within the Education Department, saying moving it would put IDEA at risk.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Craig, Hannah, & Paige from Louisiana shared vital insights on keeping special education with the Department of Education. Advocacy matters, let's keep the conversation alive!
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#NDSC #AdvocacyMatters
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November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Join us for Advocate Late Nite tonight at 9 PM EDT!
David and Cynthia host a special session with Celeste Winders discussing family plans for immigrant families with disabled kids. Don’t miss it!
#AdvocateLateNite
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Join our very own Amy Bonn, Esq., Consulting Attorney at COPAA, in presenting w/Autumn’s Rainbow Youth Community Center.
TONIGHT, at 6PM/ET
Have questions? [email protected].
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November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Say NO to dismantling and dividing ED Departments. Doing so harms students with disabilities and all students. Contact Congress Today
www.copaa.org/page/TakeAct... #ProtectIDEA #EducateourKids
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Join COPAA on TODAY at 1PM/ET for the Attorney Roundtable featuring Wheatly Gulmi, Esq., w/a presentation on Attendance Issues.
Registration (Members ONLY and Free):
learn.copaa.org

#COPAA #AttorneyRoundtable #AttendanceIssues
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November 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Disabled students have the same right to an education as non-
disabled students and it is IDEA that makes this possible.
Our kids deserve nothing less.
#ProtectChildrenwithDisabilities #IDEA50
November 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Join us for the State & Local Advocacy Community meeting on November 19th at 1 PM ET! We’ll discuss 50 years of IDEA and its impact. Your voice matters, don’t miss this important conversation! #COPAA
November 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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🚨 Maine has the 3rd highest % of students with disabilities—but the federal shutdown is putting their support at risk. Layoffs + stalled funding threaten teacher prep & behavior intervention programs statewide.
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#SpecialEd #MaineSchools #OSERSfirings
Federal special education layoffs could hit Maine schools hard, educators warn • Maine Morning Star
Recent staffing and funding cuts at the federal office that oversees special education are raising alarm among Maine educators and advocates who are warning that the impact on the state’s already vuln...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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🚨 Attention Transition Gurus! 🚨
Join us TONIGHT at 9 PM EDT for Advocate Late Nite!
David & Cynthia will be discussing crucial questions from our Listserv about Transition Planning & LRE.
Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting out, this is an event you won't want to miss!
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November 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Join COPAA on November 19th at 1PM/ET for the Attorney Roundtable featuring Wheatly Gulmi, Esq., w/a presentation on Attendance Issues.
Registration (Members ONLY and Free):
learn.copaa.org

#COPAA #AttorneyRoundtable #DueProcessHearings
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November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Join our very own Amy Bonn, Esq., Consulting Attorney at COPAA, in presenting w/Autumn’s Rainbow Youth Community Center.
Don’t miss out, register today!
📷 Sign up here: forms.gle/aW1gcAzXHnsU...
Have questions? [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you there!
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November 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM