Over on the Policy Insider of 24 October 2025 for Council for Exceptional Children, Kuna Tavalin provided three informative updates about recent events in US federal policy.
Reactions Over Termination of Special Education Experts During Shutdown
Two weeks after the termination of nearly every specialist in the Office of Special Education Programs, which is “dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with...Organizations that Support Children with Disabilities Voice Opposition, Request Congressional Oversight
This week, CEC joined more than 800 local, state, and national organizations to call on the Administration and Congress to support an immediate reversal of the RIF to restore staffing and transparency…Congress Begins to Ask Questions, Express Outrage
House members Debbie Dingell (D-MI) and Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), co-chairs of the Bipartisan Disabilities Caucus, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon expressing...
Ms. Tavalin is the lead policy analyst for CEC. If you go to the main page for Policy Insider, you will find these three updates as well as links to additional earlier reports. I believe that all of these materials are available to the general public; one does not have to be a member of CEC to read them.
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