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Category Archives: CEC Legislative Action Center
Sen. Harkin Introduces New Restraint and Seclusion Bill
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Just before last year ended, Senator Harkin introduced a new piece of legislation addressing the use of restraint and seclusion in public schools, the Keeping our Students Safe Act, S. 2020. CEC, … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, CEC Legislative Action Center, Restraint and Seclusion, U.S. Congress
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1.5% Cut: If applied to all of FY12, how much will IDEA lose?
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Congress has still not acted to fund fiscal year 2012. Although it appears something may happen this week, no final details have been released about the education budget. One issue CEC has … Continue reading
Speak out on behalf of special education and share your story with CEC!
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Every year, CEC publishes the Federal Outlook for Exceptional Children, providing an overview of federally-funded programs – IDEA and Javits grants – that impact the lives of children and youth with disabilities … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged
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Update on 1.5% Cut to IDEA and Thank you CASE
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. As avid readers of the Policy Insider will know, CEC has been working since September to address a 1.5% cut to IDEA and three other education programs that was made in the … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged
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CEC Joins Hundreds of National Groups Opposing the Balanced Budget Amendment
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. As budget battles rage on and we prepare to hear next week from the Supercommittee, CEC joined 277 national groups in a letter to Congress opposing passage of a Balanced Budget Amendment. … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged, NCLB/ESEA, Opportunities for Advocacy, U.S. Congress
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Speak out on behalf of special education and share your story with CEC!
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Every year, CEC publishes the Federal Outlook for Exceptional Children, providing an overview of federally-funded programs – IDEA and Javits grants – that impact the lives of children and youth with disabilities … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged, NCLB/ESEA, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Education
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Urge Congress Fix the Cut to IDEA! These Funds Are Needed Now
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. In the end of September, states were notified that their IDEA allocations were less than had been previously thought. This was a surprise to states around the nation. What we now know … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged, U.S. Congress
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NCLB no more? The Senate Drafts its Own ESEA
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Its looks like the much maligned title of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive education law “No Child Left Behind” might soon be gone, and along with it many of that law’s … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, NCLB/ESEA, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Education
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NCLB no more? The Senate Drafts its Own ESEA
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Its looks like the much maligned title of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive education law “No Child Left Behind” might soon be gone, and along with it many of that law’s … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, NCLB/ESEA, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Education
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ESEA/NCLB Reauthorization: Is it really happening?
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Wednesday, October 18, 2011, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will begin real work on its draft of the bill that will replace No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, NCLB/ESEA, U.S. Congress
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