Contact congress to save disability rights in public education and oppose HR 899
Please share this email with anyone who cares about children—deaf, disabled, or otherwise:
HR 899 destroys our children’s right to a free and fair public education
Without the DoE, IDEA, the law that guarantees disabled children’s access to schools and education, cannot be enforced. This means our kids—who are deaf, who are on the autism spectrum, who have learning disabilities, motor disabilities, and more, will have no effective right to an education in US schools.
On top of this proposed law, president Trump is rumored to be considering an illegal executive order closing the DOE. Fortunately, Trump is not a king, and cannot declare the DOE abolished. It would take vote from 60% of congress to eliminate it, but Republicans hold a tiny, 3-seat majority.
This means that you can stop this bill in its tracks right now by contacting your congressional representative:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
Tell them, “Oppose H.R. 899, which would abolish the Department of Education. My child / the children in my community depend on the rights that the DOE ensures via IDEA. This is not how we protect our kids.”
Thank you.
Will Fertman, dad.
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