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April 1, 2021
Senate Approves Addiego-Sweeney Bill to Protect Students with Disabilities from Losing Educational Services to COVID Crisis
The Senate today approved a bill authored by Senator Dawn Addiego and Senate President Steve Sweeney that would help protect...
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March 8, 2020
NJ Statewide Network for Cultural Competence (NJSNCC) — Annual Virtual Conference, 2021
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers, & Cultivating Cultural Competency with the Diverse Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community Continue Reading NJ...
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January 28, 2020
Ways & Means Committee Livestream, Tues., 1/28/2020, 10:00: “Paid Leave for All Toolkit”
ANNOUNCEMENT: SPAN's Lauren Agoratus' "Paid Leave for All Digital Toolkit" will be featured by Congressman Pallone (D-NJ 6th District) during...
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January 16, 2020
Diana Autin Speaks on Ability Radio Podcast
January 14, 2020 | SPAN Executive Co-Director, Diana Autin, was a guest on "Ability Radio", a weekly podcast from the...
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December 17, 2019
SPAN EHDI Director Publishes Family’s Advocacy Story
Pam Aasen, Director of SPAN's Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Mentoring & Family Engagement Project, has published a feature...
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December 9, 2019
State report reveals that Newark fails to enforce key special education mandates
"State monitors have ordered Newark to take corrective action after finding that the city’s public schools are failing to meet...
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Press Releases
July 22, 2021
SPAN Signs on to Police-Free Mental Health Letter
SPAN has signed on to the following letter from the Center for Law and Social Policy issued on July 16,...
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June 24, 2021
Lauren Agoratus, M.A. Named One of 50 Advocate Heroes by EP Magazine
JUNE 2020 SPAN is proud to announce that Lauren Agoratus, M.A. has earned the prestigious honor of being named one...
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June 24, 2021
Diana Autin Receives Family Voices Health Equity Champion Award
JUNE 2020 The SPAN Parent Advocacy Network (SPAN) is immensely proud to announce that our own Executive Director, Diana Autin,...
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June 18, 2021
SPAN Applauds Supreme Court for Decisive Obamacare Ruling
SPAN applauds the U.S. Supreme Court for its 7-2 shut down of yet another partisan attack on the Affordable Care...
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May 27, 2021
SPAN Applauds Congress for Introducing Keeping All Students Safe Act
SPAN would like to applaud Congress for introducing the Keeping All Students Safe Act (KASSA) which would make it illegal...
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November 9, 2020
SPAN Responds to Court Committee Request for Public Input on Limiting Role of Non-Lawyer Advocates in Special Education
Court Committee Seeks Public Input on Limiting Role of Non-Lawyer Advocates in Special Education The NJ Supreme Court Committee on...
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