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On October 2nd, President Biden hosted an event for advocates and stakeholders, among them CEC’s Executive Director Chad Rummel, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act. Biden remarked that the law, enacted in 1973, “promoted equal...

This week, the House Appropriations Committee unveiled their Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies (Labor-H). The proposed bill would increase Education Department...

This is turning out to be the year of the veto at the Arizona Legislature. House and Senate leaders have often prioritized proposals that advanced with support only from Republicans; the Governor has responded by vetoing 58% of the bills that have reached...

CEC’s Bylaws require that members receive a summary of proposed amendments to the Bylaws and have a 60-day period to comment. Members wishing to comment on the proposed amendment that follows should submit comments to president@exceptionalchildren.org or...

On Monday, President Biden submitted his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget proposal to Congress, which includes significant investments in Title I, IDEA, and the U.S. Department of Education.

Early yesterday morning, Congress released the text of a bipartisan spending package for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, the fiscal year which officially began on October 1. The massive year-end agreement, which includes appropriations as well as a wide range of...

Approximately halfway through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, which began on October 1, 2023, a federal budget has been signed to fund agencies this year, including the U.S. Department of Education.

It was a dramatic week at the Arizona Capitol, with an ethics hearing , a resignation in the Governor’s senior staff, and disagreements about how zoning laws affect housing affordability. Governor Hobbs signed most of the bills that reached her desk –...

CEC sent a letter thanking Congress for requesting a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that examines the teacher shortage and specifically requests a review and analysis of challenges facing recruitment of special educators.

Since the enactment of IDEA nearly five decades ago, Congress has failed to live up to its pledge to cover 40 percent of the excess costs attributable to educating children with disabilities, otherwise known as “full funding.” The IDEA Full Funding Act...