<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello All,</div><div>We must email or call the House Ways and Means Committee and ask them to vote in favor of HB1181, the Accountability Act for Accessible K-12 Education.
The email address is <a href="mailto:firstname.lastname@house.state.md.us" target="_blank">firstname.lastname@house.state.md.us</a>
. If you are calling, the main number is either 410-841 or 301-858. I will provide the appropriate extensions.
We need to take action today because the bill needs to get to the Senate by Monday, March 22. Here is a sample message followed by the list of committee members.</div><div><br></div><div>Blind Students Need Your Help. They need access to the curriculum. HB1181 will solve this problem. Please vote in favor of it quickly so that it can make it to the Senate in time for crossover.</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the list:</div><div>
<div>Everyone should write to the chairman of the committee, Anne Kaiser ext. 3036, and ask her to move this bill out of committee. <br></div><div><br></div><div>
<div>If you live in Allegany County, write to Delegate Jason Buckel ext. 3404.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Anne Arundel County, write to Delegate Dana Jones ext. 3209.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Baltimore City, write to Delegates Dalya Attar ext. 3267, Stephanie Smith ext. 3486, and Chanel Branch ext. 3257.</div><div><br></div><div>If
you live in Baltimore County write to Delegates Joseph Boteler ext.
3365, Michelle Guyton ext. 3793, and Robert Long ext. 3458. Thank
Michelle Guyton for sponsoring the bill. <br></div><div><br></div><div>If
you live in Baltimore County or Howard County, write to Delegate
Jessica Feldmark ext. 3205 and
Delegate Eric Ebersole ext. 3328.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Carroll County, write to Delegates April Rose ext. 3070 and Haven Shoemaker ext. 3359.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Cecil County, write to Delegate Kevin Hornberger ext. 3284.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Charles County, write to Delegate Edith Patterson ext. 3247.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Harford County, write to Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti ext. 3331.</div><div><br></div><div>If
you live in Montgomery County, write to Delegates Eric Luedtke ext. 3110, Julie Palakovich Carr (<a href="mailto:julie.palakovichcarr@house.state.md.us" target="_blank">julie.palakovichcarr@house.state.md.us</a>) ext. 3003, and Jheanelle Wilkins ext. 3445.</div><div><br></div><div>If
you live in Prince George's County, write to Delegates Alonzo
Washington (Vice Chair) ext. 3699, Darryl Barnes ext. 3557, and Julian
Ivey ext. 3326.</div><div><br></div><div>If you live in Wicomico or Worcester, write to Delegate Wayne Hartman ext. 3273.</div><div><br></div><div>Don't let the students down. Take action today. Thank you.<br></div>
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</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="2">Sharon Maneki, Director of Legislation and Advocacy</font></b></div><div><font size="2">National Federation of the Blind of Maryland</font></div><div><font size="2">410-715-9596</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2">The National Federation of the Blind of Maryland knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Everyday we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.<br></font></div><div><b><font size="2"></font></b></div><div><b><font size="2"><br></font></b></div></div></div></div></div></div>