U.S. Department of Education Found Pennsylvania at Fault for Four Counts of Noncompliance with IDEA

Pennsylvania corrected every identified problem before OSEP issued the reports, leaving no open findings and raising questions about why the reports weren't issued and made public earlier.

June 18 and July 14, 2026, U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) issued separate Differentiated Monitoring and Support (DMS) reports addressing Pennsylvania’s implementation of Parts C and B of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

The findings fall within the two general areas of dispute resolution and …