Sponsors (15)
The bill preserves protections, continuity, and federal accountability for disability education and rehabilitation programs at the cost of limiting the Department of Education's ability to reorganize, which may lock in inefficiencies, raise costs, and slow future reforms.
People with disabilities (and the schools and universities that serve them) keep stable statutory protections and uninterrupted services under IDEA and the Rehabilitation Act because OSEP and RSA remain within the Department of Education.
State governments, schools, and service providers face less administrative confusion because the Department of Education retains clear responsibility and oversight for OSEP and RSA.
Federal employees, program staff, and beneficiaries benefit from preserved personnel roles and institutional knowledge, reducing the risk of missed statutory obligations or enforcement gaps.
The bill limits the Department of Education's flexibility to reorganize OSEP and RSA, reducing executive ability to implement administrative reforms or streamline operations.
By locking OSEP and RSA into current structures, the bill could preserve inefficient bureaucracy and delay service improvements that alternative arrangements might deliver more effectively.
Blocking personnel changes, outside contracting, or reorganization options may increase federal staffing or administrative costs and therefore raise taxpayer expense.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Prevents use of appropriated funds to move, merge, reassign, or outsource Department of Education offices or staff that administer or enforce IDEA and Rehabilitation Act programs.
Official title: Prohibit the use of appropriated funds to eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise restructure any office within the Department of Education that administers or enforces programs serving individuals with disabilities.
Introduced September 18, 2025 by Angela Deneece Alsobrooks · Last progress September 18, 2025
Prohibits use of federal appropriations to eliminate, consolidate, restructure, reassign, or outsource Department of Education offices and personnel that administer or enforce programs for individuals with disabilities (including IDEA and the Rehabilitation Act). It reaffirms that the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) are placed within the Department of Education by statute and directs compliance with those statutes.