Thread by @SEALS_065

If you have a child who receives special education services, you need to read this email and act accordingly as your child may no longer have those rights with when school resumes space

Our children's rights at risk:

Take action now! right now! in the halls of Congress our

children's rights are at grave risk. Raise your voices and opposition and share with everyone you know to do the same.

IDEA rights may be waived by Congress as part of COVID- 19 pending a stimulus package.

As part of Congress response to the COVID-19 outbreak chairman Lamar

Alexander (R-TN) has proposed to include a provision in the pending stimulus bill that would give the Secretary of Education authority to approve State waiver request for any statutory and/or regulatory requirement of the individuals with disabilities Education Act (IDEA)for one

year and extensions may also apply. This jeopardizes our children's right to Child Find, a free appropriate public education FAPE, individualized education program IEP, all procedural safeguards, re-evaluations, related services and accommodations and more.

We cannot allow

this to pass! Take Action Now

send your Senator and email today( phone calls may not be answered due to office closures)

Find your senators here:

[senate.gov/general/contac…](senate.gov/general/contac…)

Dear Honorable Senator/ Representative,

With the COVID-19 outbreak has

placed a tremendous and u an unprecedented strain on schools and districts. It is imperative that we work together to find solutions that allow children to receive equitable access to education and the services that support them without undoing all of their civil and educational

rights. I am writing as a concerned as a (parent/teacher/child advocate) to urge you to reject any provision that would provide waiver authority to the Secretary of Education regarding the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Over 7 million children rely on

IDEA to receive special education supports and services.

I hope that you will help schools by providing states with additional funding that can be used to provide teachers and school leaders and families with the tools they need to connect to teach and support students. Schools

can also be supported with funding by providing extended school year to students and other compensatory services.

Please support the students with disabilities and their families that rely on IDEA to have equitable access to education.

Sincerely,

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