[il-talk] FW: [Nfb-announce] Legislative Alert-Immediate Action Needed to Support The Higher education Textbook Commission

[Syed Yousufuddin]

> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:00:12 -0500
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
> From: dandrews at visi.com
> Subject: [Nfb-announce] Legislative Alert-Immediate Action Needed to Support The Higher education Textbook Commission
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Hartle, Jesse" <JHartle at nfb.org>
> 
> 
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 1:27 PM
> 
> Subject: Legislative Alert-Immediate Action Needed to Support The Higher
> 
> education Textbook Commission
> 
> Fellow Federationists:
> 
> It has come to my attention that Congressman Yarmuth of Kentucky has
> 
> circulated a Dear Colleague letter in support of funding the Commission
> 
> that will study ways to provide accessible textbooks to Blind students
> 
> in higher education. This Commission was created in the Reauthorization
> 
> of the Higher Education Act and passed by Congress last year.
> 
> It is urgent that we contact members of the House of Representatives and
> 
> ask them to sign on to Congressman Yarmuth's Dear Colleague letter. If
> 
> funding is not provided in the Appropriations process, no work will be
> 
> done to correct the problems that Blind students face in obtaining
> 
> accessible textbooks.
> 
> We worked very hard to get the language in the Higher Education
> 
> legislation to solve this problem, and now we need to do our best to
> 
> ensure funding is provided.
> 
> Congressman Yarmuth is holding the letter open for cosigners through
> 
> Wednesday, April 1. Currently, only 6 members of the House have signed
> 
> on to the letter and I have listed them below.
> 
> If your Representative wants to be added to this letter he or she should
> 
> contact Lillian Pace in Congressman Yarmuth's office. You can be
> 
> connected to your Representatives office by calling the Capitol
> 
> Switchboard at (202) 225-3121.
> 
> Please contact me with any questions. I thank all of you for your hard
> 
> work on this important issue.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Jesse M. Hartle
> 
> Government Programs Specialist
> 
> NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
> 
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2233
> 
> E-mail: jhartle at nfb.org <
> mailto:jhartle at nfb.org>
> 
> Cosigners of Dear Colleague Letter
> 
> Congressman Yarmuth
> 
> Congressman McDermott
> 
> Congressman Conyers
> 
> Congressman Hinojosa
> 
> Congressman Bobby Scott
> 
> Congressman Petri
> 
> 
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