[Nfbv-announce] FW: Legislative Alert-Immediate Action Needed to Support The Higher Education Textbook Commission

[Fredric Schroeder]

Friends,
 
As you will see below, we need to call our members of the House of
Representatives on Monday and urge them to sign onto a Dear Colleague letter
being circulated by Congressman Yarmuth of Kentucky. The letter calls for
funding a Commission that will study ways to provide accessible textbooks to
Blind students in higher education.  Below is a note from Jesse Hartle
giving more detailed information. 
 
Please call Monday.
 
Fred Schroeder, President
National Federation of the Blind of Virginia
 
 

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From: Hartle, Jesse [mailto:JHartle at nfb.org] 
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 4:24 PM
Subject: Legislative Alert-Immediate Action Needed to Support The Higher
Education Textbook Commission



Fellow Federationists:

 

It has come to my attention that Congressman Yarmuth of Kentucky has
circulated a Dear Colleague letter in support of funding the Commission that
will study ways to provide accessible textbooks to Blind students in higher
education.  This Commission was created in the Reauthorization of the Higher
Education Act and passed by Congress last year.  

 

It is urgent that we contact members of the House of Representatives and ask
them to sign on to Congressman Yarmuth's Dear Colleague letter.  If funding
is not provided in the Appropriations process, no work will be done to
correct the problems that Blind students face in obtaining accessible
textbooks.  

 

We worked very hard to get the language in the Higher Education legislation
to solve this problem, and now we need to do our best to ensure funding is
provided.  

 

Congressman Yarmuth is holding the letter open for cosigners through
Wednesday, April 1.  Currently, only 6 members of the House have signed on
to the letter and I have listed them below.  

 

If your Representative wants to be added to this letter he or she should
contact Lillian Pace in Congressman Yarmuth's office.  You can be connected
to your Representatives office by calling the Capitol Switchboard at (202)
225-3121.  

 

Please contact me with any questions.  I thank all of you for your hard work
on this important issue.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Jesse M. Hartle

Government Programs Specialist

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

(410) 659-9314, extension 2233

E-mail:   <mailto:jhartle at nfb.org> jhartle at nfb.org

 

 

Cosigners of Dear Colleague Letter

Congressman Yarmuth

Congressman McDermott 

Congressman Conyers 

Congressman Hinojosa 

Congressman Bobby Scott 

Congressman Petri  

 

 

 

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