As we mark the 50th anniversary of IDEA, AUCD is reflecting on how far we’ve come, and the serious risks we face right now. Before IDEA, children with disabilities were routinely denied access to public education. That progress is now threatened by efforts to dismantle the Department of Education and proposals that could weaken or move the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), putting IDEA’s protections in jeopardy.
AUCD has released a statement reaffirming that we will not go back.
Read it here: https://www.aucd.org/news/50th-anniversary-of-idea
We need your voice now. Please contact your Members of Congress and urge them to hold bipartisan oversight hearings on the proposed dismantling of the Department of Education and the risks to IDEA.
Take action: https://aucd.quorum.us/campaign/148743/
Please note—the language in this campaign constitutes lobbying as the messages directly ask Members of Congress to take specific actions. Please consider this when choosing the email you use to send the messages.
Thank you for standing with students with disabilities and protecting IDEA’s promise.
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