by kids1stadvocac | Aug 5, 2025 | Federal
COPAA’s members and team have been urging appropriators since early spring to protect students with disabilities and support special education funding in annual appropriations bills. With last week’s activity in the Senate Appropriations Committee, COPAA is pleased to...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 22, 2025 | State
news8000.com Wisconsin will increase its support for special education funding under the state’s biennial budget passed earlier this month, marking the largest boost in nearly three decades. However, public school advocates argue the increase falls short of...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 8, 2025 | State
WSAW News Among the allocations in the state budget that Gov. Tony Evers signed Thursday morning were increases to special education funding. Schools, families, and advocates were requesting that the state reimbursement for general special education expenses increase...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 8, 2025 | Federal
ChalkBeat “When you take it all together, it’s kind of like an assault on children and families policy-wise,” said Megan Curran, the director of policy at the Center on Poverty and Social Policy at Columbia University. “We’re going to see that the effects reverberate...
by kids1stadvocac | Jul 1, 2025 | Federal
Today, after a weekend-long marathon and by a vote of 51-50, the U.S. Senate passed H.R. 1, the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB), which incorporates key tax credit extensions for businesses and other changes to federal spending that impact health care, immigration, education,...
