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Disability Policy Seminar
Ken Oakes
Chair, Policy & Positions Committee
The Arc
Kimberly Knackstedt
Disability Policy Advisor, Majority Staff
House Education and Labor Committee
CJ Powell
Higher Education Program Analyst
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Leadership Conference Education Fund
Congress is working on legislation to ban restraint and seclusion, improve school climate and diversity in Kindergarten through 12th grade education, and to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. In addition, Congress is focusing on oversight and enforcement of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Hear from key Congressional staff on the status of these efforts and what they mean for students with disabilities.