Mission

The Education Task Force monitors federal legislation and regulations that address the educational needs of children with disabilities and their families, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) programs. The Education Task Force advocates for enhance opportunities for children under these laws.

Co-chairs

• Bartholomew N. Devon
  National Down Syndrome Society
  800-221-4602 phone 
  bdevon@ndss.org

• Laura Kaloi  
  Center for Learner Equity
  202-210-1494 phone 
  lkaloi@stridepolicy.com

• Kim Musheno 
  Autism Society of America
  301-657-0881 phone 
   kmusheno@autism-society.org

• Lindsay Kubatzky
  National Center for Learning Disabilities
  301-966-2234
  lkubatzky@ncld.org

ACTIVITIES

Education Task Force CCD Education Task Force FY 23 Appropriations Request As you work toward a final Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 appropriations package, the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force urges you to adopt the highest proposed funding levels for the federal programs that support infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, their families, and the educators and other service providers who serve them. (November 7,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Letter Opposing the EAGLES Act The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force writes to express our opposition to the EAGLES Act (S. 391, H.R. 1229) and all federal funding supporting the implementation and use of violence risk assessment and threat assessment programs in public schools. Threat assessment programs, like many forms of “zero tolerance” school discipline, disproportionately harm students with disabilities including Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC). These systems can have severe negative consequences for students, including suspension, loss of class time, and early involvement with law enforcement. (November 1,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Comments on the CRDC The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. (October 31,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Feedback to OSEP: Results Matrix and State Determinations The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities Education (CCD) Education Task Force has prepared this memo in response to the Office of Special Education Programs’ (OSEP) request for input regarding “how the 2023 determinations process can promote equity.” Our input to determine state compliance under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is designed to complement and reinforce the relevant recommendations made by CCD in these recent letters. (October 31,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force Opposition to pending introduction of the No Kids in Cuffs Resolution, support the Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA) The 68 undersigned civil, disability and human rights organizations that are national, state, and local groups advocate together to end the use of restraint and seclusion in U.S. schools. We also promote and protect the civil and human rights of Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) students which includes students with disabilities, and students at the intersection of multiple marginalizations in their lives. Restraint and seclusion are traumatic and abusive practices which are disproportionately used on these children. (October 27,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Title IX comments 2022 The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force is writing to the U.S. Department of Education (Department) to provide comments to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance and proposed amendments to regulations implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX). (September 12,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Letter to OSERS-OSEP re General Supervision The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force is writing to provide recommendations to the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) regarding the monitoring and enforcement of state and district responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). (July 28,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Response to 504 Regulations The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society, free from racism, ableism, sexism, and xenophobia, as well as LGBTQ+ based discrimination and religious intolerance. (July 1,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Education Task Force Letter on gun package The Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force monitors federal legislation and regulations that address the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities and their families, including regulatory efforts under federal law such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We advocate for high expectations for children with disabilities under these and other laws. (June 16,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force Education Task Force FY 23 Appropriations Request (April 2022) As you begin the appropriations process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, the Consortium for Constituents with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force urges you to adopt the highest proposed levels for the federal investment in programs that support infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, their families, and the educators and other service providers who serve them. (April 25,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Letter to Chair Patty Murray and Ranking Member Richard Burr Thank you for your request for recommendations to support improving the capacity of schools and districts to support the mental health of students, including students with disabilities. The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force monitors federal legislation and regulations that address the educational needs of children and youth with disabilities and their families, including regulatory efforts under federal law such as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). (April 7,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Letter on KASSA 2022 On behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), we write to thank you for the subcommittee hearing: Serving All Students: Promoting a Healthier, More Supportive School Environment. The hearing is essential to furthering understanding of the need to ensure schools are safe for all children, especially students with disabilities and students of color. Specifically, we also urge you to follow the hearing with a mark-up of the Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA/HR 3474) which is designed to protect the safety of children from the abuses of seclusion and restraint in our schools. (February 16,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Education Taskforce Co-Chair letter on Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. To support these goals and ensure that students with disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school and beyond, Congress must deliver on its commitment to funding education costs for infants, toddlers, children, youth and young adults with disabilities. (February 10,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD Education Task Force FY22 Appropriations letter As you work to finalize the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS-ED), the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Education Task Force strongly urges you to adopt the highest proposed levels for the federal investment in education programs that support infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities, their families, and the educators who serve them. Likewise, we voice our firm opposition to a year-long continuing resolution (CR). (January 31,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force CCD on CRDC 2021-2022 The Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) is the largest coalition of national organizations working together to advocate for Federal public policy that ensures the self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration, and inclusion of children and adults with disabilities in all aspects of society. To support these goals and ensure that students with disabilities have every opportunity to succeed in school and beyond, the CCD Education Task Force is taking the opportunity provided by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to comment on data collection under the Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for FY 2021-2022. (January 31,  2022) - Download [ PDF ] Education Task Force Education Task Force 2021 Annual Report (January 10,  2022) - Download [ PDF ]