<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hey all -<div><br></div><div>This is serious stuff.</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Dan Burke - Sent from iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Dan Burke <dburke@cocenter.org><br><b>Date:</b> October 14, 2025 at 3:40:14\u202fPM MDT<br><b>To:</b> "Dan Burke (burke.dall@gmail.com)" <burke.dall@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>FW: Advocacy Alert: Regarding Reduction in Force at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 14, 2025 3:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Dan Burke <dburke@cocenter.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Advocacy Alert: Regarding Reduction in Force at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h1><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">News Alert Affecting Blind Students and Adults</span><o:p></o:p></h1>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">On Friday, October 10, the Department of Education issued reduction in force notices to almost every employee in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS).
As a result, we issued the following statement:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40474&qid=11786752">National Federation of the Blind Denounces Devastating Job Cuts Within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">These cuts will set back decades of progress toward equality and independence for blind Americans.
<a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40474&qid=11786752">Access the full statement and resources</a>.
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<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The National Federation of the Blind will continue to monitor this situation and provide updates as needed. You can
<a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40475&qid=11786752">help advance the lives of our members and all blind people in the United States with a contribution</a>. Thank you for your support.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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