Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act
To promote and ensure delivery of high-quality special education and related services to children and youth who are blind or visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind through instructional methodologies meeting their unique language and learning needs, to enhance accountability for the provision of such services, and for other purposes.
HB9195, also known as the Alice Cogswell and Anne Sullivan Macy Act, aims to improve special education services for children and youth who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, deafdisabled, or deafblind. The bill focuses on ensuring these students receive high-quality instruction that meets their unique language and learning needs. It also seeks to enhance accountability for the delivery of these services.
This bill would directly affect students with specific disabilities and their families, as well as educators and administrators in special education programs. By improving the quality and accountability of special education services, the bill hopes to better support the educational needs of these students.
HB9195 was introduced on June 8, 2026, and has been referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. As of now, no further actions have been taken on this bill. Key sponsors include Morgan McGarvey as the primary sponsor, along with several other Democrats and Republicans co-sponsoring the bill.
