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Category Archives: U.S. Congress
Colorado Congressman, State Senator Brief Special Educators on Teacher Evaluation, Funding
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Special educators attending CEC’s Annual Convention in Denver last week, received a rare opportunity to ask two elected officials questions about a variety of education issues, such as: linking teacher evaluations to … Continue reading
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White House Hosts Conference Calls on Budget for Every State
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. This week, the White House will be hosting a series of state-specific conference calls to discuss the budget proposal recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and led by Budget Committee … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged, Opportunities for Advocacy, U.S. Congress
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House Passes Ryan Budget: Education Funding in Peril
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Last week, the US House of Representatives passed a budget resolution which will likely mean a $2.2 billion dollar cut to IDEA in fiscal year 2013. The vote approving the budget resolution … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, Gifted and Talented, IDEA Early Intervention, IDEA Preschool, IDEA School Aged, Opportunities for Advocacy, U.S. Congress
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Secretary Duncan: Ryan Budget Will Cut IDEA by $2.2 Billion
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. This week, U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, testified before the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. His words and outlook for the future of special education funding were bleak. … Continue reading
Posted in CEC Legislative Action Center, Opportunities for Advocacy, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Education
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House Republicans Budget Likely Means Cuts to Education
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. This week, the Chairman of the Budget Committee in the US House of Representatives, Paul Ryan (R-WI), released the House Republican’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2013 – A Path to Prosperity. … Continue reading
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House Committee Votes to Approve Key ESEA Bills; CEC Opposes Measures
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. On Tuesday, the House Education and the Workforce Committee voted to approve two bills central to the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, recently known as the No Child Left … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, NCLB/ESEA, U.S. Congress
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The President’s FY 2013 Budget: What does it mean for Special and Gifted Education?
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Today, the President released his budget for FY 2013. CEC is pleased that the President clearly is committed to education and has offered an alterative vision for the automatic cuts set to … Continue reading
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CEC Responds to House ESEA/NCLB Proposals
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. Over the past year, the U.S. House of Representatives Republican lead Education and Workforce Committee has introduced a series of bills, meant to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, also known … Continue reading
Posted in NCLB/ESEA, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Education
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CEC Member Brings UDL to the Senate!
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. For the past few years, George Van Horn, Special Education Director at the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation (BCSC) in Colombus, Indiana and current Indiana CEC President has implemented a Universal Design for … Continue reading
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Congressmen Respond to the President’s State of the Union
From Kristin McDonald over on CEC Policy Insider. On Wednesday, we featured CEC’s response to President Obama’s third State of the Union Address. In addition to our response, here are several other responses from prominent members of Congress that are … Continue reading
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