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June 25, 2026

ALERT: USED Transfers Special Education and Civil Rights to Other Agencies, Indiana and Vermont Receive ESSA Waivers, Kansas Ends In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students & Other Significant Updates

This EducationCounsel Alert shares updates about various recent actions by the federal government relevant to education, including: 

  1. USED Transfers Additional Functions to Other Agencies, including Special Education and Civil Rights
  2. USED Partially Grants and Partially Denies Indiana’s ESSA Waiver Request; Grants Vermont’s Waiver
  3. Kansas Agrees to Stop Providing In-State Tuition to Undocumented Students
  4. Other Significant Updates

You can also find summaries and brief analyses of these and many other developments in our ongoing Executive Actions Chart. Note that all of EducationCounsel’s resources related to the Administration’s executive actions are available in one place by clicking here or by clicking on the blue banner at the top of our webpage. Please share these resources with your networks and others who may find them helpful. 

Click here to access the Alert and click here to download a PDF version.