U.S. Department of Education seeks to address widespread disparities in the treatment of students of color with disabilities, proposing a new rule to improve equity in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the nation's special education law, which aims to ensure fairness in the identification, placement, and discipline of students with disabilities.

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/us-department-education-takes-action-deliver-equity-students-disabilities

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/osepidea/618-data/LEA-racial-ethnic-disparities-tables/index.html

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