[Dec-advocacy] News update

[Sarah Hadden]

Welcome to the DEC Advocacy List. The Division for Early Childhood 
(DEC) of the Council for Exceptional Children is a non-profit 
membership organization advocating for individuals who work with or on 
behalf of children with special needs, birth through age eight, and 
their families. For more information about DEC, please contact the DEC 
Office at: The Division for Early Childhood, 27 Fort Missoula Road, 
Suite 2, Missoula, MT 59804. Phone: 406-543-0872, Fax: 406-543-0887, 
e-mail: dec at dec-sped.org. If you would like to either join or be 
removed from the DEC Advocacy List, email Sarah Hadden at 
dsh5gn at virginia.edu. Additional information about governmental 
relations activities can be obtained by visiting the DEC website: 
http://www.dec-sped.org/

7/24/06

Good afternoon. As you are probably aware, there has not been a lot of 
movement on Capitol Hill regarding IDEA related issues lately. However, 
on July 18th, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that has 
jurisdiction over labor,  health and education passed a funding bill 
that level funds education programs for FY 2007. If this goes through, 
there will be no  increases in funding and the federal government's 
contribution to IDEA would remain at 17.8%.

As of August 1st, Diana LaRocco  at the University of Hartford will be 
taking over the DEC Advocacy List. Stay tuned for updates from  her. 
And thanks to all of you who have contacted your elected officials to 
advocate for children and families over the years that I have been 
sending out updates.


Sarah Hadden
DEC Governmental Relations Committee



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