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On Thursday, the House Education and Labor Committee considered education-related provisions of the Build Back Better Act, a bill that reflects much of President Biden’s American Families Plan.

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Last month, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) sent a letter to state and local partners emphasizing the requirement to providing a free...

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Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the first round of filing for the Emergency Connectivity Fund Program attracted over $5 billion in requests from all 50 states...

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The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) and Understood have released a series of new resources collectively titled "Forward Together: Pandemic Lessons for Effective Teaching Practices."...

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The U.S. Department of Education has announced it will be launching investigations into 5 states to examine whether their indoor masking prohibitions violate the rights of students with disabilities by heightening their risk of severe illness. Read more >