The Education Department under Secretary Betsy DeVos is withdrawing nearly 600 policy guidance documents it says are outdated. (Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock )The Education Department said Friday it is withdrawing nearly 600 policy guidance documents it says are outdated, including 72 in special education previously announced and others in offices dealing with K-12 and higher education. In education, Secretary Betsy DeVos has walked back policies and rules in higher education implemented by President Barack Obama to protect student borrowers trying to pay for college. [Trump changes higher ed with rollback of Obama-era consumer protections]The department recently said that it was rolling back 72 special education policy guidance documents but that the action would not affect services received by students with disabilities. [The Education Department phased out 72 policy documents for disabled students.

Source: Washington Post October 27, 2017 19:22 UTC