Category Archives: United States Senate Committee on Health Education Labor and Pensions

Seclusion & Restraints Bill Passes House of Representatives

Image via WikipediaThe seclusion and restraints bill, HR 4247, now known as the Keeping All Students Safe Act, passed the U. S. House of representatives by a vote of 262 – 153. Here is an account by the Policy Insider blog of the Council for Exception… Continue reading

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Senator Harkin Named Chair of the Senate Education Committee

Last week Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa was named to succeed Senator Ted Kennedy as Chairman of the all-important Senate Committee on Health, education Labor & Pensions. The Help Committee has jurisdiction over IDEA, the special education law, and ot… Continue reading

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