*Daim ntawv cog lus uas tso tej haujlwm niaj hnub ntawm kev kawm tshwj xeeb mus rau HHS kuj tseem npog Gallaudet, NTID thiab Helen Keller National Center, thiab nws tsis hais meej tias leej twg yuav tseem tshaj tawm cov lej*
Txhua lub xeev file nyob rau hauv National Deaf Education Data Index pib ntawm tib qhov chaw: lub tsev kawm ntawv district tus kheej lub website, lub xeev lub chaw haujlwm tus kheej cov ntawv ceeb toom, thiab ib daim federal spreadsheet. Ob qhov thawj zaug muaj kev sib txawv heev. Qee lub xeev tshaj tawm ib tug lej tseeb ntawm cov tub ntxhais kawm lag ntseg thiab hnov tsis zoo raws li district txhua lub caij nplooj zeeg; lwm cov tsis tshaj tawm dab tsi uas niam txiv yuav nrhiav tau. Daim federal spreadsheet yog qhov tseeb tsis hloov. Thaum NDEDI tsim nws daim ntawv Nevada rau Lub Cuaj Hli, daim duab meej tshaj plaws txog qhov chaw cov tub ntxhais kawm lag ntseg thiab hnov tsis zoo kawm tiag tiag yog los ntawm daim federal file ntawd: ntawm 518 tus menyuam kawm hnub nyoog 5 txog 21 xyoo raug pab raws li hearing impairment category rau xyoo 2024-25, 307 leej siv tsawg kawg 80 feem pua lawv hnub nyob rau hauv ib chav kawm ntawv ib txwm, thiab tsis muaj ib tug raug hais tias nyob rau hauv ib lub tsev kawm ntawv cais lossis qhov chaw nyob tsim nyog. Lub xeev tus kheej cov lej yeej sim kuaj tau raws li ntawd. Yog tsis muaj nws, yuav tsis muaj dab tsi los kuaj.
Daim spreadsheet ntawd yog ib feem ntawm IDEA Section 618 data, cov lej uas txhua lub xeev tshaj rau tsoomfwv txhua xyoo txog cov menyuam uas lawv pab raws li Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, raws li disability category, hnub nyog, qhov chaw kawm thiab ntau yam ntxiv. Cov xeev xa nws los ntawm ib lub kaw lus federal hu ua EDFacts. Education Department tshaj tawm nws ua cov ntaub ntawv ntawm txhua lub xeev ntawm nws lub open data platform thiab tsim ib daim Annual Report to Congress. Rau txhua tus uas sim muab sib piv tias cov menyuam lag ntseg tau kev kawm li cas nyob rau Kansas thiab Kentucky, nws yog tib qhov chaw uas suav txhua lub xeev ib yam.
Yam uas hloov thaum Lub Rau Hli
Thaum Lub Rau Hli 15, 2026, Education Department thiab Department of Health and Human Services tau kos npe rau ib daim interagency agreement txog kev kawm tshwj xeeb thiab kev pab kho mob, uas tshaj tawm hnub tom qab nrog rau ib daim ntawv cog lus cais uas tso kev saib xyuas civil rights mus rau Department of Justice. Daim ntawv cog lus luv luv, yim nplooj, thiab hais meej txog yam uas hloov. Raws li tshooj 3.A, HHS cog lus yuav muab kev pabcuam, “hauv kev koom tes nrog thiab raws li ED-OSERS qhia,” los txhawb kev ua haujlwm ntawm IDEA cov kev pab nyiaj hauv Parts B, C thiab D; kev saib xyuas kom ua raws cai, kev ua raws cai thiab kev soj ntsuam; cov “annual performance determinations” uas them nqi txhua lub xeev; kev soj ntsuam nyiaj txiag; thiab “the collection, reporting, and analyzing of data for monitoring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and for improving outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, youth, and adults with disabilities.”
Education Department tseem khaws nws lub luag haujlwm raws li kev cai lij choj rau IDEA. Raws li tshooj 3.B, nws khaws cia “Management and leadership of OSERS’ programs and activities,” uas daim ntawv cog lus hais tias suav nrog “but not limited to enforcement, compliance, monitoring, fiscal management and data collection,” nrog rau kev sawv cev ntawm nws lub Data Governance Board, Inspector General thiab Government Accountability Office. Daim ntawv cog lus pib siv tau rau hnub ntawm cov npe kos zaum kawg, tsis muaj hnub xaus, thiab ob tog twg puavleej tso tseg tau nrog 90 hnub ceeb toom ua ntawv. Tus neeg hu tau rau HHS nyob rau hauv nws lub Administration on Disabilities.
Feem ntawm daim ntawv teev npe uas cov neeg nyeem Deaf tsis txhob hla tseg
Feem ntau ntawm kev tshaj tawm txog daim ntawv cog lus tau tsom mus rau IDEA thiab yam uas nws txhais tau rau cov tub ntxhais kawm cov individualized education programs, uas yog ib qho tsim nyog. Qis dua hauv tib daim ntawv teev npe muaj plaub yam ntsig ncaj qha rau kev kawm ntawm Deaf thiab DeafBlind. HHS yuav muab kev pabcuam txhawb “the administration of program components authorized under the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, including the National Technical Institute for the Deaf”; txhawb “the administration of Gallaudet University,” uas raug piav hauv daim ntawv cog lus tias “intended to provide education and training to individuals who are deaf and otherwise to further the education of individuals who are deaf”; txhawb cov programs ntawm Helen Keller National Center Act; thiab txhawb American Printing House for the Blind.
Daim ntawv cog lus tsis hloov dab tsi ntawm cov tsev kawm ntawv no yog dab tsi, thiab nws tsis hais meej tias “services supporting the administration” ntawm ib lub tsev kawm qib siab txhais tau li cas tiag tiag. Nws txhais tau tias kev sib raug zoo ntawm tsoomfwv nrog ob lub koom haum kawm qib siab rau Deaf thoob plaws teb chaws, thiab lub chaw haujlwm rau cov neeg laus DeafBlind, tam sim no ib feem mus los ntawm ib lub department kho mob tsis yog ib lub department kawm ntawv. Nyob rau hauv cov xov xwm uas NCG tau tshuaj xyuas, qhov no tsis tau txais kev saib xyuas npaum li nws tsim nyog.
Qhov chaw uas cov ntaub ntawv nyob twj ywm
Nyeem kom meej, daim ntawv cog lus faib tej haujlwm ntaub ntawv nruab nrab ob lub department tab sis tsis hais meej tias ua li cas. Education Department khaws cia “data collection” ua ib feem ntawm nws lub luag haujlwm thiab kev coj. HHS muab “services to support the collection, reporting, and analyzing of data.” Leej twg tsim cov kev sau ntaub ntawv, leej twg ua haujlwm EDFacts, leej twg saib xyuas cov xeev cov ntawv xa tuaj, leej twg tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv ntawm txhua lub xeev, thiab leej twg sau Annual Report to Congress tsis tau raug hais meej. Daim ntawv cog lus tsis tau siv cov lus “Section 618,” “EDFacts” lossis “Annual Report to Congress” li, thiab tsis muaj kev cog lus yuav tseem tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv raws li qhov qis tam sim no lossis raws li lub sijhawm tam sim no.
Qhov ntawd tej zaum yog li cas cov interagency agreements raug sau. Lawv piav txog kev pabcuam thiab nyiaj txiag, tsis yog txhua yam khoom tawm. Tab sis qhov sib txawv tseem ceeb vim yam uas tshwm sim ua ntej daim ntawv cog lus. Thaum Lub Kaum Hli 2025, thaum tsoomfwv raug kaw, cov ntawv ceeb toom reduction-in-force ncig thoob plaws Education Department, thiab K-12 Dive tshaj tawm tias cov thawj coj ntawm special education association ntseeg tias feem ntau ntawm Office of Special Education Programs raug rho tawm haujlwm. Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hli, ib daim nqi txais nyiaj ib ntus rov tsim kho cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. Xya lub hli tom qab, tej haujlwm niaj hnub mus rau HHS. Ib lub kaw lus ntaub ntawv muaj peev xwm dim ntau yam, tab sis nws nyob dim vim muaj cov neeg paub nws, thiab cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem tsis tau hais tias cov neeg ntawd tam sim no nyob qhov twg.
Yam uas tau tshwm sim txij thaum ntawd los
Cov ntaub ntawv txij Lub Rau Hli los muaj ca sib xyaw, tsis yog ua rau txhawj xeeb. Office of Special Education Programs tau tuav nws lub rooj sib tham txhua xyoo thaum Lub Yim Hli, nrog rau cov sessions txog “high-quality section 618 data.” Nws September 9 bulletin tshaj tawm tias tus 47th Annual Report to Congress on IDEA tau tshaj tawm, nrog ib daim fact sheet sib raug, thiab ib pawg neeg sib tham hauv lub rooj sib tham hais tias IDEA txoj cai “cannot and will not change through our partnership.” Daim ntawv teev npe federal catalog rau state-level 618 files raug hloov zuj zus rau Lub Tsib Hli 7, 2026, ua ntej daim ntawv cog lus raug kos npe. Tsis muaj dab tsi NCG nrhiav tau hais tias cov ntawv tom ntej yuav lig, lossis tsawg dua, lossis raug tshaj tawm nyob lwm qhov. Tsis muaj dab tsi hais tias tsis yog li ntawd thiab. Thiab K-12 Dive kev nkag siab txog daim ntawv cog lus thaum Lub Rau Hli pom tias cov xeev thiab districts tseem nug tias lub chaw haujlwm HHS twg yuav saib xyuas tej haujlwm thiab leej twg yuav xa lus qhia rau lawv.
Vim li cas kev kawm ntawm Deaf thiaj hnov thawj zaug
Txhua disability category nyob ntawm cov ntaub ntawv no, tab sis kev kawm ntawm Deaf nyob ntawd ntawm ib txoj kev tshwj xeeb. Cov tub ntxhais kawm lag ntseg thiab hnov tsis zoo yog ib pawg neeg tsawg tsawg, ib feem me ntawm cov menyuam tawg rau ntau lub districts, uas yog tib yam neeg uas cov xeev thiab district kev tshaj tawm feem ntau poob. Cov lej me raug zais kom muaj kev ntiag tug. Cov districts uas pab ob tug tub ntxhais kawm lag ntseg los ntawm ib lub koom tes lossis ib lub program hauv cheeb tsam feem ntau tsis tshaj tawm dab tsi li. Nyob rau hauv kev xwm txheej ntawd, daim federal file feem ntau yog tib qhov chaw uas ib tug lej thoob plaws lub xeev muaj, thiab tib qhov chaw uas ib lub xeev sib piv tau nrog lwm lub xeev. Yog 618 cov ntaub ntawv dim mus, cov tub ntxhais kawm uas yuav ploj mus ntawm cov ntaub ntawv pej xeem yog cov uas nyuaj pom thaum chiv keeb lawm.
Yam uas yuav tsum muab sau ua ntawv
Tsis muaj ib qho ntawm cov no yuav xav kom leej twg xav tias muaj kev tsis ncaj ncees. Nws xav kom muaj ib co kab lus uas daim ntawv cog lus tsis muaj. Education Department thiab HHS yuav tso kom pom tseeb rau pej xeem los ntawm kev hais tias:
– Tias IDEA Section 618 collection los ntawm EDFacts yuav tseem muaj raws li nws qub sijhawm, raws li qub qhov qis zoo, suav nrog disability category raws li lub xeev.
– Lub department twg, thiab lub chaw haujlwm twg, tshaj tawm cov ntaub ntawv ntawm txhua lub xeev thiab Annual Report to Congress txij no mus, thiab nyob qhov twg.
– Tias cov ntaub ntawv keeb kwm yuav tseem nyob ntawm lawv qhov chaw tam sim no.
– Leej twg yuav tiv tauj txog cov lus nug ntsig txog cov ntaub ntawv, tam sim no uas tus neeg hu tau rau HHS rau daim ntawv cog lus nyob rau hauv Administration on Disabilities.
Cov tsev neeg, cov xeev special education directors, cov xeev deaf commissions thiab cov tswv cuab sab cai lij choj yeej thov tau yam ntawd kiag, ua ntawv, los ntawm Education Department Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. NDEDI cov xeev files siv cov federal data raws li xyoo kawm ntawv thiab qhov chaw, yog li txhua qhov hloov ntawm yam raug tshaj tawm yuav tshwm sim nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv tsis yog ploj mus. NDEDI lub sijhawm tshaj tawm cov xeev nyob ntawm ndedi.org.
Qhov chaw los
– Interagency Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Relating to Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, kos npe Lub Rau Hli 15, 2026, muab tau Lub Kaum Hli 8, 2026.
– K-12 Dive, “Takeaways from the Ed Dept-HHS special ed agreement,” Lub Rau Hli 18, 2026.
– K-12 Dive, “RIFs rip through federal Office of Special Education Programs,” Lub Kaum Hli 12, 2025.
– Council for Exceptional Children, “Congress Temporarily Reopens Federal Government, Reinstates OSERS Personnel,” Lub Kaum Ib Hli 14, 2025.
– U.S. Department of Education, OSEP Update, September 2026, Lub Cuaj Hli 9, 2026.
– U.S. Department of Education, IDEA Section 618 Data, nplooj ntawv tshuaj xyuas zaum kawg Lub Plaub Hli 2, 2026.
– Data.gov, IDEA Section 618 State Level Data Files, metadata hloov zaum kawg Lub Tsib Hli 7, 2026, muab tau Lub Kaum Hli 8, 2026.
– National Deaf Education Data Index, Nevada state file, Lub Cuaj Hli 2026, siv IDEA Section 618 Part B educational environments file rau 2024-25.