We were made aware of the problem with the site early this morning and we are actively working to resolve. There have been server issues relating to this site going back to at least Jan. 27.
We're actively working to resolve right now and hope to have the site up and running any ASAP.
The site was not taken down.
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We have an IEP this morning and I wasn't planning to blog anything, as I have two stories being published today. But then I was alerted to this.
The IDEA website is not loading. The connection times out, so it could just be some kind of glitch, but we'll see (yes, technies, I know it's not a 404). There's some archived information if you did through search results, but tons of the material is not currently accessible.BREAKING: Our children's future. IDEA's website is 404 not found. https://t.co/JvWYmJKOuJ #DumpDevos pic.twitter.com/0hbFJzJqf0— David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) February 8, 2017
The Department of Education Office of Special Education and internet publications around disability law are not political. There is nothing especially partisan about IDEA, though there are debates around enforcement and the degree of education required (with a big SCOTUS decision coming down about it). It's a bizarre thing to do.
Would a new Secretary of Education with a new head of OSEP want to revise pages? Sure. But to simply take them down, the morning after Devos was confirmed, especially given her wild incoherence around IDEA specifically ... it's a very odd decision.
Some of this stuff may be FOIAable, but I'm not an expert on that. Time to learn new research skills. I'll dig.
But in the meantime, we really do have an IEP. It's not just ironic timing.
