Comment on IDEA “Significant Disproportionality” Reporting Requirements

The OCR Alumni Collective filed objections to the U.S. Department of Education’s proposal to eliminate state reporting of “Significant Disproportionality” under the IDEA. Eliminating the reporting requirement does not eliminate states’ obligation to track significant disproportionality and address it; this eliminating no burden to states. Instead, it simply makes it more difficult for others — including the federal government, states, school districts, educators, and parents — to identify and address the problem.