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<h1><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:24pt;color:black">News Alert Affecting Blind Students and Adults</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">On Friday, October 10, the Department of Education issued reduction in force notices to almost every employee in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS). As a result, we issued the following statement:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black"><a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40474&qid=11794700" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">National Federation of the Blind Denounces Devastating Job Cuts Within the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">These cuts will set back decades of progress toward equality and independence for blind Americans. <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40474&qid=11794700" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Access the full statement and resources</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14pt;color:black">The National Federation of the Blind will continue to monitor this situation and provide updates as needed. You can <a href="https://nfb.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=40475&qid=11794700" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">help advance the lives of our members and all blind people in the United States with a contribution</a>. Thank you for your support.</span></p>
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