[Mdabs] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - Urgent Action NeededRegarding Braille Instruction for Blind Students

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Mon Apr 23 21:23:43 UTC 2012


Not sure if you got this, but this is great news.  Please contact 
your Senators as soon as possible!

Chris Nusbaum


From: "Kuhnke, Kristian" <KKuhnke at nfb.org> (by way of David 
Andrews<dandrews at visi.com>)
To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
 sent: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:08:40 -0500
Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - Urgent Action 
NeededRegarding Braille Instruction for Blind Students


Fellow Federationists:

I am writing to inform you of a Dear Colleague letter that was
circulated yesterday by Senators Murray, Boozman, and Harkin 
related
to the instruction of Braille for blind students.

We have been working with Senator Murray on this issue, and are
excited that the letter was released for other Senators to sign 
onto
in support.  As you know many blind students are not receiving
Braille instruction today, despite the language contained in the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which states 
that
Braille will be the primary reading media for blind
students.  Senator Murray will hold her letter open through 
Friday,
April 27, for other senators to sign onto, and then she will send 
the
letter to the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

Attached is a copy of the Dear Colleague letter that was
circulated.  We are asking you to contact your senators and urge 
them
to join with Senators Murray and Boozman in support of 
instruction of
Braille for blind students.  Also attached is a state-by-state 
list
of contacts for this issue.  Please note that Republican offices
should contact Ian Prince in Senator Boozman's office, while
Democrats should be directed to Jake Cornett in Senator Murray's
office.  We are pleased that Chairman Harkin of the Senate 
Committee
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Senator Mikulski 
of
Maryland have already joined as cosigners of the Dear Colleague 
letter.

Please contact me with any questions you may have.  Thank you all 
in
advance for your work on this important issue for blind students.

Jesse

Jesse Hartle
National Federation of the Blind
Government Programs Specialist
Phone: 410-659-9314, Ext.  2233
Email: <mailto:jhartle at nfb.org>jhartle at nfb.org


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