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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Orlowski" <todd.orlowski at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; <mabs at nfbnet.org>
Cc: <mgraham4 at missouriwestern.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:08 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] Fwd: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - 
UrgentAction Needed Regarding Braille Instruction for Blind Students


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>> From: "Kuhnke, Kristian" <KKuhnke at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews 
>> <dandrews at visi.com>)
>> Date: 19 April 2012 20:08:40 CDT
>> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Legislative Alert - Urgent Action Needed 
>> Regarding Braille Instruction for Blind Students
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>> 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
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>> Jesse Hartle
>> National Federation of the Blind
>> Government Programs Specialist
>> Phone: 410-659-9314, Ext. 2233
>> Email: jhartle at nfb.org
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>> Content-Type: application/msword; name="Dear Colleague - Cosign 
>> Bipartisan"
>>  Braille Literacy Letter to Duncan.doc"
>> Content-Description: Dear Colleague - Cosign Bipartisan Braille Literacy
>>  Letter to Duncan.doc
>> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Dear Colleague - Cosign"
>>  Bipartisan Braille Literacy Letter to Duncan.doc"; size=27648;
>>          creation-date="Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:58:38 GMT";
>>          modification-date="Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:59:16 GMT"
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