[Nfbf-l] {Disarmed} Fwd: Washington Wire -- May 14, 2015

[Carlos Montas]

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> Date: May 14, 2015 at 3:28:44 PM EDT
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> May 14, 2015
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> New Report Shows 40 Percent of Students with Disabilities Do Not Graduate
> A new report this week released data that shows an estimated 85 to 90 percent of students with disabilities are capable of completing requirements to obtain a high school diploma, but that only 6 in 10 students were able to graduate in 2013. The findings come from a new report produced by the Alliance for Excellent Education, America’s Promise Alliance, Civic Enterprises, and the Everyone Graduates Center at Johns Hopkins University. View the report, “Building a Grad Nation.”
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> Louisiana State House Agrees on Financing Mechanism for Medicaid Expansion
> This week, Louisiana state lawmakers voted unanimously to pass a proposal that would assist in paying for Medicaid expansion, provided that the next governor would want to offer more coverage. While Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal opposes Medicaid expansion, the legislation would assist the next governor with the funding mechanism to expand the program. Read on from The Associated Press.
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> U.S. Department of Justice Joins Lawsuit Related to Disability Discrimination Against the Miami University of Ohio
> On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it would intervene in the case Aleeha Dudley v. Miami University, et al., a suit that alleges disability discrimination and the violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) at the Miami University of Ohio. Learn more about the case and view the press release from DOJ.
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> Tennessee Develops New Training Program for Law Enforcement Related to Interacting with Individuals with Disabilities 
> This week, the state of Tennessee launched a new, statewide training program that teaches law enforcement personnel how to interact with individuals who have intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. The new program is a result of a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Learn more about the program from the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
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> **The Washington Wire will be on hiatus next week due to the UCP Annual Conference in Chicago.**
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