Ed Department Plans To Scale Back IDEA Data Collection

by Michelle Diament | September 4, 2025

The Trump administration is laying out plans to stop collecting certain information from states about students with disabilities.

The U.S. Department of Education wants to end data collection on what’s known as “significant disproportionality,” the agency said in a recent notice.

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, states are required to identify school districts with high rates of students from particular racial or ethnic groups who have disabilities, are placed in restrictive settings or are subject to discipline. The law also outlines steps that states must take to address problems associated with this.

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The department believes that removal of the data collection related to significant disproportionality will reduce the burden on respondents when completing the Annual State Application under Part B of IDEA,” the Education Department notice indicates.
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