Bills introduced in Congress could have a potential impact on students with disabilities and minority students. As always, as a member of NASISP, NAPSA will lend its voice in advocacy as is appropriate. The following education-related bills have been introduced in Congress. Click to check their progress.HB4967 To amend the Carl…
On March 10, 2023, NAPSA Signed on to the "Bill of Rights for Students and Parents” House Resolution sponsored by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, the resolution emphasizes “inclusive” schools and access to high-quality education. The resolution follows the March 8th marathon education committee session, which stretched 16 hours into the following…
NAPSA has signed on to a letter of support for a bill sponsored by Representatives Mike Levin (D-CA) and Tom Cole (R-OK). The Advancing Toward Impact Aid Full Funding Act aims to fully fund Impact Aid and support national K-12 education. Impact Aid supports more than 1,100 school districts and…
During a speech on January 25th with the theme "Raise the Bar," U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, urged educators to set higher expectations for students in reading and math achievement. His speech at the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) also called on them to provide greater opportunities for students to…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) called on schools to help prevent and reduce the negative impact of violence and other trauma on teens, as it released a report finding dramatic increases in mental health challenges for teenage girls. The report found nearly 3 in 5 teen girls felt persistently sad…
According to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), 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…
NAPSA has joined with NASISP and other like-minded organizations in visits to congressional office to advocate for issues related to the field of pupil services. Dr. Richard Scott is NAPSA's liaison on "the hill" and will be participating in these advocacy efforts.
In the February 8th State of the Union Address, President Biden called for increasing public school teachers’ pay, restoring the full child tax credit, establishing universal preschool, and improving access to mental health care in schools. Biden also asked Congress “to stop Big Tech from collecting personal data on our…
Political differences over K-12 school choice approaches, instructional priorities and student gender came up again and again in far-reaching discussions at the first full House Education and Workforce Committee hearing of the 118th Congress on February 8th. Titled ”American Education in Crisis,” the hearing also highlighted areas of agreement, including…
On February 3rd, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan subpoenaed U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, along with Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, following a brouhaha over a since-disavowed September 2022 letter from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) to the administration.In the letter, the organization asked…
