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Parents and Lawmakers Press Secretary McMahon on Grant Cancellations, Special‑Education and Program Consolidations
Summary
Members raised multiple instances of canceled or paused grants — including a program that served disabled students and reductions at the Institute of Education Sciences and TRIO — and pressed the secretary for a plan to protect students who rely on those services.
Several members of the House Committee on Education and Workforce told Secretary McMahon they had received reports of abrupt grant cancellations that had immediate effects on students, especially those with disabilities and low‑income students who use federal programs such as TRIO and GEAR UP.
Representative Marilyn Macbeth (committee member) described the Department's February decision to cancel the Charting My Path program, which she said "served over 1,600 disabled students and their families across 62 schools in 11 states." She asked McMahon point‑blank: "Do you stand by your decision to cancel this program in…
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