WITH PROGRAMS, POLICY, AND PURPOSE,
WE ARE CREATING A SOCIETY THAT VALUES, INCLUDES,
AND SUPPORTS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
3.21.25 TDC Weekly Public Policy Update
The end is in sight, for better or for worse. But don’t despair (too much) friends, not all is wrong with the world, and not all that’s wrong with the world is permanent. It’s why we do what we do and why our perspective, as the disability community, is so important. Read about it here!
Read MoreDismantling the U.S. Dept of Education
President Trump issued an Executive Order to close the U.S. Department of Education. Dispersing special education expertise across multiple departments and agencies will have a negative impact on the education of students with disabilities. Contact your federal legislators to protect special education for Tennessee students.
Read More3.14.25 TDC Weekly Public Policy Update
5 weeks, TDC family. That’s all we’ve got left of the session; keen readers will note that those final 1.5 to 2 weeks are “flow-motion”, where the General Assembly hammers out the budget (cough $4.5M for Network bill, cough). That means, that we’ve got maybe 3 weeks to get to our final destination.
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