<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "nfb.az.president--- via Nfbaz-news" <nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> March 19, 2023 at 11:48:50 AM MST<br><b>To:</b> nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org<br><b>Cc:</b> nfb.az.president@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbaz-news] Legislative Action Needed RE ASDB</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> webmaster@az.nfb.org<br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Our legislative advocacy continues with a need to urge the members of the Arizona Legislature to pass S.B. 2456. The language in this bill reauthorizes the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind (ASDB) to continue function and fulfill its mission of educating deaf and blind students. Without this piece of legislation the schools future financial support and continuance are at risk.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">The National Federation of the Blind of Arizona is asking for this legislation to be passed without amendments that restrict the school, or that impose conditions requiring it to open the school to students that do not have “sensory” disability.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">This is a call to action to write members of the Senate Government Committee, where the bill has been assigned to, and the Senate Education Committee, where the bill should have been assigned to.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">We are asking for the bill to get a fair hearing as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">The committee members and their email addresses are listed below.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">A sample email might say:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Dear Senator ______<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">As a member of the National Federation of the Blind of Arizona, I am writing to request for SB 2456 to be given a hearing as soon as possible. I also ask that you support this legislation, without amendments, to guarantee the continuation of the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind, so the schools can fulfill its mission of educating deaf and blind students in Arizona.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">xxxxxxx<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>Government Committee<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">TJ Shope <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:tshope@azleg.gov">tshope@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sine Kerr <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:skerr@azleg.gov">skerr@azleg.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Wendy Rogers <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:wrogers@azleg.gov">wrogers@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Justine Wadsack <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:jwadsack@azleg.gov">jwadsack@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Janae Shamp <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:jshamp@azleg.gov">jshamp@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">David Farnsworth <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:dfarnsworth@azleg.gov">dfarnsworth@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Juan Mendez <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:jmendez@azleg.gov">jmendez@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Priya Sundareshan <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:psundareshan@azleg.gov">psundareshan@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>Education Committee<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Steve Kaiser <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:skaiser@azleg.gov">skaiser@azleg.gov</a>)<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Christine Marsh <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:cmarsh@azleg.gov">cmarsh@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sally Ann Gonzales <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:sgonzales@azleg.gov">sgonzales@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Catherine Miranda <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:cmiranda@azleg.gov">cmiranda@azleg.gov</a><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Justine Wadsack <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:jwadsack@azleg.gov">jwadsack@azleg.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sine Kerr <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:Skerr@azleg.gov">Skerr@azleg.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Donald<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Donald Porterfield, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">National Federation of the Blind of Arizona<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="http://www.az.nfb.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.az.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="mailto:nfb.az.president@gmail.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">nfb.az.president@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">520-850-2180<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Nfbaz-news mailing list</span><br><span>Nfbaz-news@az.nfb.org</span><br><span>http://az.nfb.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbaz-news_az.nfb.org</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>