[Nfb-idaho] Fw: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] An Update on AIM-HEA

[Sandy Streeter]

From: Cazares, Gabe via NFB-Legislative-Directors 
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2015 8:09 AM
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Cc: Cazares, Gabe 
Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] An Update on AIM-HEA

Howdy Fellow Federationists,

As you know, for the last fourteen months we have been negotiating with the American Council on Education and the Association of American Publishers to draft legislation that will benefit all three stakeholder groups. As the representative of blind students, NFB has been working diligently to ensure that any compromises that are made will not adversely affect blind and print disabled individuals. Despite hard-fought compromises, the process has been bogged down by a variety of factors. As a result, in addition to our continued negotiations with the higher education lobby, we will be seeking other alternatives to achieve equal access for blind students at institutions of higher education nation-wide.

 

This morning, President Riccobono sent a letter to the president of the American Council on Education to discuss the current state of our negotiations, and to inform her of NFB’s plans for moving forward. I encourage you to read and share this letter with your affiliates, and stay tuned, we have exciting things in the works to ensure blind students can live the lives they want!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out.

Thank you for all that you do,

 

...Gabe

 

Gabe Cazares

Government Affairs Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

At Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230

E: gcazares at nfb.org

P: 410-659-9314 Ext. 2206

T: @gmcazares

 

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day 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.

 

To make a donation to the National Federation of the Blind Imagination Fund campaign, please visit www.nfb.org/ImaginingOurFuture

 



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