Special Education TODAY
Senate Passes Bipartisan RISE Act
On November 9th, the Senate passed S. 3589, the Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act on a bipartisan basis. The bill has been designed to make it easier for students with disabilities to...
Read more >CCD Requests Guardrails on Grantmaking in Final Appropriations Bill
The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force, of which CEC is a co-chair, recently submitted a letter to Senate and House leaders on their respective Appropriations...
Read more >Shaping What Comes Next: Meet the Editors of Exceptional Children
For more than 90 years, Exceptional Children has provided a research platform that advances the field of special education. Behind every issue, however, is a team of scholars who help determine which...
Read more >NCSER Opens Grant Competition
The National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) has announced applications for its From Seedlings to Scale (Seedlings) and Transformative Research in Special Education (Transformative...
Read more >Midterm Elections Shift Congressional Leadership
While votes are still being counted in many elections, Democrats will take control of both the House and Senate when the 120th Congress convenes in January 2027, bringing major leadership changes...
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