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How Trump could impact special education programs

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Here & Now Newsroom

December 02, 2024

Vivien Henshall, a long-term substitute special education teacher, works with Scarlett Rasmussen separately as other classmates listen to instructions from their teacher at Parkside Elementary School on Grants Pass, Oregon. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

Special education teachers are in serious demand across the country as the number of students with disabilities is on the rise.

Kalyn Belsha, national reporter for Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss how President-elect Donald Trump's plan to eliminate the Department of Education could impact resources for students with disabilities.

This segment aired on December 2, 2024.

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