According to a recent news source, the U.S. Department of Education is considering delaying, changing or eliminating altogether a rule that is intended to protect overrepresentation of minority students in special education. Since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was reauthorized in 2004, states have been required to identify local education agencies with significant disparities in suspension and expulsion rates and in identification of students with disabilities by race or ethnicity. 300 CFR Section 300.170 …