This chapter reports on preliminary research focused on policy development in India, specifically related to inclusive education and children with disabilities. In this study, interviews with policy advocates were undertaken, revealing that policy change was not as simple or linear as is often described in the literature. Instead, educational approaches for students with disabilities in the new National Education Policy (2020) were negotiated by consortia of organizations that focused on ranging from service provision organizations to organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) focused on human rights. Although these groups had different organizational aims, study participants engaged with policymakers to make policy recommendations. International civil society organizations (CSOs) were less influential in policy conversations due to increasing restrictions on these organizations in India. Instead, the above-mentioned disability-focused organizations led negotiations. Many of these organizations were supported by corporate social responsibility grants rather than international organizations. Findings suggest that an offshoot of political settlement theory that we call “nested political settlement” may help understand the nuances of complex policy engagement when there are layers of privilege, influence, and philosophical orientation that inform policy negotiation.