[Blindtlk] Action Alert: Your action is needed to save accessible textbookprogram

Tue May 17 20:43:47 UTC 2011

Please pass this on and take action yourself!

Chris Nusbaum

"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)

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textbookprogram
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Advocates' Action Alert
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May 17, 2011
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Your immediate action is needed to help hundreds of thousands of 
students with print
disabilities.
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is wavering on his commitment 
to hold a competition
to fund accessible educational materials and textbooks for the 
hundreds of thousands
of students who cannot use a standard textbook.
You need to e-mail Secretary Duncan's office today to urge him to 
hold the competition
and preserve the program.
Under the FY 2011 budget passed by the Congress, Secretary Duncan 
has the discretion
to hold a competition for the development, production and 
distribution of educational
materials in accessible formats to students with visual 
impairments and other print
disabilities.  The US Department of Education has supported this 
project for more
 than 30 years, and President Obama included it in his FY 2011 
budget plan.  Now
the Secretary might use these funds for other projects!
The Secretary needs to hear from you today to prevent the 
shifting of funds away
 from this vital program.
The Secretary might make his decision as soon as the end of the 
week so we need
you to e-mail him today.  Your voice and that of hundreds of 
other supporters urged
the Congress to preserve the funding in the budget, and Congress 
heard you and took
action.  Now we need your voice to urge Secretary Duncan to 
preserve the funding
for accessible materials and to hold the competition.
Hundreds of thousands of students benefit from this program each 
year and if the
 Secretary does not fund it this year its future is unknown.  We 
need your voice
to be heard again!
Please e-mail Secretary Duncan's office today.  We have included 
the sample language
below to help you in making your e-mail.  Please add your 
personal story, name and
hometown to your message!

Secretary Duncan's e-mail is arne.duncan at ed.gov 
[mailto:arne.duncan at ed.gov]

RE: Urgent Support Needed for Students with Print Disabilities

Dear Secretary Duncan:

I am writing to share with you my support for the accessible 
educational materials
project and Learning Ally.

Learning Ally has a long-established relationship with the 
Department of Education
and has had broad support in Congress, state departments of 
education and 10,000
 schools from coast to coast.  I urge you to continue that 
support by holding a competition
for the development, production and distribution of educational 
materials in accessible
formats to students with visual impairments and other print 
disabilities.

Learning Ally is a critical partner in the success of hundreds of 
thousands of students,
and federal support of their efforts, leveraged with private 
philanthropy, has made
much of their work possible.  Continue USDE's 30-year commitment 
to students with
 disabilities and hold the competition.

Sincerely,

As we keep the pressure up on the Department with our allies in 
Congress, we will
update our Policy Advocates' Center 
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with developments as they occur.  We will also share critical 
Advocates' Action Alerts
with you when key decisions are to be made.
Your support has helped to preserve this program so far, and will 
be a key to its
future!
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