On Monday, April 7, Southern Legal Counsel, the National Homelessness Law Center, the Southern Poverty Law center, and the Florida Justice Institute advocated for change by sending letters to public officials in 21 cities and counties.

We want to assure you that, regardless of the threats being made to the federal Department of Education by the current administration, it would take an act of Congress to undo the protections afforded to students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) or Section 504 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 

When I began working at SLC nearly seven years ago, I knew this was the role toward which my career had been building.

As we wait on the court to issue its ruling on the state’s motion to dismiss, we are pushing ahead. Our litigation team, comprised of Nancy Wright, who is lead counsel, SLC attorneys Chelsea Dunn and Jodi Siegel, and our colleagues Jeff Hearne and Jocelyn Armand at Legal Services of Greater Miami, is engaged in the complex discovery process needed to pursue our claims.