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Senate Commerce Committee to Mark-Up Children’s Online Safety Bills
Chairman Ted Cruz (R-TX) has announced the mark-up of several children’s online safety bills in the Senate Commerce Committee next week. The bills included in the notice are: the SCREEN Act (S.737) sponsored by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT); the Kids Online Safety Act (S….
Education Bills Move Through Senate Committee, McMahon Responds
Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-LA) gaveled in Thursday’s Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee markup with laser-focused determination: to advance his 21st Century Dyslexia Act and honor his pledge to Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) by bringing to a vote a…
Senate Funding Bill Could Alter Key Rule on Federal Grants
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has indicated that plans are taking shape for a round of votes next week before the Senate departs for the August recess. Top priority is taking up the short-term funding bill (aka continuing resolution) passed by the House…
MO: Special School District ends seclusion, limits restraints under new student safety policies
First Alert 4 The Special School District of St. Louis County is implementing new policies ahead of the upcoming school year to improve student safety and ensure that students with disabilities are treated with greater dignity in the classroom. The changes follow a…
NY: NYC public schools lost out on staggering $431.6M in Medicaid payouts: audit
NY Post Big Apple public schools lost out on a staggering $431.6 million in Medicaid cash, failing to collect federal reimbursements on services for students with disabilities, according to a new audit by the city comptroller’s office. The report spanning fiscal years…
TN: Parents call for action in Knox County special education reform
Wate News 9,000 children in Knox County public schools receive special education services, but some parents say the system is broken. One of those parents is a familiar face—one of WATE’s contributors on our Sunday political talk show “Tennessee This Week.” Cortney…
TX: HISD hits the phones to get OK to amend students’ IEPs
Houston Press In a scramble to prepare for the upcoming school year, Houston ISD representatives from various campuses have been calling parents of special education students in recent days, asking whether their child’s Individualized Education Program can be…
Senate Committee to Consider Bipartisan Bill Protecting Special Education
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee has scheduled a markup for Thursday, July 30 to vote on an unprecedented bipartisan agreement that prohibits the transfer of certain offices and functions of the Department of Education (ED) to other…
House Sends Budget Bills to Senate and Departs for August Recess
Last week, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) led the House through two votes that tee up federal funding discussions after the August recess. The first is passage of a short-term continuing resolution (CR) that will extend federal appropriations funding -for…
86 House Dems Demand Halt to OSERS and OCR Move to HHS and DOJ
Eighty-six House Democrats sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) urging a halt to its planned transfer of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil…
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