On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), made a joint announcement regarding a proposed rule and a much-anticipated guidance update for school-based Medicaid billing. The announcement said that the Biden Administration is "taking action to make it easier…
On May 19, 2023, the National Assessment Governing Board unanimously passed a resolution asking Congress to postpone the 2026 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) testing back a year, until 2027. Moving the NAEP to 2027 would return the biennial test to its previous schedule after a one-year pandemic-related waiver…
Improving how we address transition services for youth with disabilities and their families is a critical need that will only be improved through prioritized and collaborative efforts. The 3E initiative will provide an opportunity for the field to join OSERS in the challenge to raise expectations, engage families earlier, and…
A number of differences exist between students with significant cognitive disabilities who have cortical visual impairment (CVI) and those who have other types of visual impairment. Learn more in NCDB/ATLAS Brief #2, co-produced by the National Center on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) and Accessible Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Systems (ATLAS). Information in…
The US Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) has released three Part D personnel preparation grants. They are: -Applications for New Awards; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities-Personnel Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Personnel at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribally…
Current opioid misuse remained unchanged among high schoolers during the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, high school students’ current substance use — defined as use in the past 30 days — decreased during the pandemic between 2019 and 2021 for alcohol, marijuana and binge drinking, according to Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance…
Top U.S. Department of Education (USDE) officials are slamming a Republican spending proposal spearheaded by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that would raise the federal debt ceiling but impose deep budget cuts on the agency. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona publicly criticized the GOP debt ceiling plan stating that McCarthy is showing…
The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has opened applications for a $224 million grant program aimed at improving postsecondary readiness for students with disabilities. The Pathways to Partnerships Innovative Model Demonstration Project will provide between 22 and 32 awards worth an average of $7 million each in upfront funding to…
On March 24, 2023 a bill titled the Parents' Bill of Rights Act passed the US House by a 213-208 vote along party lines, with five Republicans joining all Democrats in opposing the bill. According to its proponents the bill, championed by House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx,…
On March 21, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a rare unanimous decision, ruled that a deaf student can sue his school for its failure to provide him with a free appropriate public education (FAPE). In the case, Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, instead of providing the student (Perez) with…
