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New Dear Colleague Letter on Special Educator Retention

Jan 16
Research tells us that leadership matters and special educators are more likely to stay in schools with supportive administration (Albrecht, Johns,...

2025-27 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Grant Competition

Jan 16
The Department of Public Instruction is pleased to announce the 2025-27 Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) Grant Competition. All Wisconsin public...

Medicaid School Based Services Survey

Dec 20
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, will soon be sending out a survey...

Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Seeks Input From All Community Partners

Dec 20
The Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired (WCBVI) Outreach Team is preparing for 2025-26 and wants the input of Wisconsin community...

State Superintendent Underly Proposes $20 Million in Out-of-School-Time Funding

Dec 12
State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly recently proposed more than $3 billion dollars in state funding to help meet the growing needs of local schools...

Update: 2025 APH Federal Quota Program of Blind Students

Dec 12
The deadline for designating your vision program coordinator has been extended to December 20, 2024. If you have not yet done so, please submit this...

National Special Education Day

Dec 06
In celebration of National Special Education Day, December 2, which commemorates the signing of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act into...

WDBTAP Child Count

Dec 02
The Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project (WDBTAP) is a federally funded OSEP (Office for Special Education Programs) Technical Assistance...

New Report from Office of Civil Rights (OCR) on English Learners with Disabilities

Dec 02
On November 12, 2024, the OCR released a report emphasizing the legal requirements for identifying and providing services for the intersectionality...

Increased Cases of Mycoplasma Pneumonia (M. pneumoniae) in School Aged Children

Nov 21
The Department of Health Services has alerted DPI that Wisconsin is experiencing an increase in pneumonia cases in school aged children caused by the...