As your constituent, I urge you to oppose the president’s FY 2026 budget proposal to consolidate all programs under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).  Each IDEA program has a specific purpose: Identifying and serving infants and toddlers;...

Background: The Senate Appropriations Committee just joined together in a bipartisan show of support for funding for the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bills. As the name implies, this bill funds those three important agencies. Most importantly,...

A healthy federal investment in the programs and personnel that support people with disabilities and/or gifts and talents is critical to ensuring infants, toddlers, children, and youth thrive in school and beyond. Unfortunately, IDEA programs have been woefully and...

Meeting the mental health needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth is critical to supporting their education and development. Ensuring access to high-quality mental health services and support is contingent on having dedicated, highly qualified school mental health...

The nation faces a critical shortage of special educators, which includes teachers, early interventionists, specialized instructional support personnel (SISP), administrators, faculty in higher education, and paraeducators. A renewed commitment to ensuring special educators...

The president’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 was just released. The budget for the Department of Education eliminates 24 federal elementary and secondary education programs, including the IDEA Preschool program and all IDEA National Activities (Part D)...