Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 In a message dated 5/14/01 9:55:38 PM Central Daylight Time, Bonoratoe001@... writes: > Kit Bond when we lived in Missouri and especially against that Neo-Nazi > Ashcroft. One would hope that they never get old and disabled. > Elaine > Might be good if they got disabled before they got old. I agree with you all the way. Jessie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2001 Report Share Posted May 14, 2001 What is this?? Good Republican, Bad Republican?? All of you who voted for these shmucks should have thought twice. Most of them want to GUT IDEA. If you're not rich, white, Protestant, for Star Wars, and NDA, you don't belong. Dan Burton wouldn't even consider doing hearings on IDEA if it didn't affect him directly (his grandson with autism). I campaigned against Kit Bond when we lived in Missouri and especially against that Neo-Nazi Ashcroft. One would hope that they never get old and disabled. Elaine ARC Action Alert > > > ACTION ALERT > > > >May 10, 2001 > > > >The Arc of the United States, 1730 K Street, N.W., Suite 1212, Washington, > >D.C. 20006 > >(202) 785-3388 / FAX (202) 467-4179 / TDD (202) 785-3411 / E-Mail > >GAOinfo@... > > > > > >SENATOR BOND TO ALSO OFFER IDEA DISCIPLINE AMENDMENT > > > >SUMMARY: > > > >The Arc has just learned that Sen. Bond (R-Mo.) will offer a > >discipline amendment to IDEA identical to one of the amendments filed by > >Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala) (see The Arc's Alert sent earlier today). > >The Bond Amendment would add " assaults " or " threats to assault a school > >official " and " threats to carry, possess or use a weapon " to existing IDEA > >discipline provisions, significantly expanding the circumstances under > >which students with disabilities would be removed from their educational > >setting, and placed in alternative settings or expelled from school. > > > >Like the Sessions amendments, the Bond Amendment is expected to be offered > >next week (as early as Monday) during consideration of S.1, the > >reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. These > >amendments would gut the due process protections for students with > >disabilities enacted by a Republican controlled Congress in 1997. The net > >result of either or both of these provisions is to segregate or exclude > >students with disabilities. > > > >Amended Action Needed: > > > >Bombard the phone lines of Sens. Bond and Sessions for the remainder of > >this week and early next week with the following messages: > > > >* Sen. Sessions and Sen. Bond's IDEA amendment(s) will violate President > >Bush's " Leave No Child Behind " policy by excluding certain students with > >disabilities whose behavior was not a manifestation of their disability. > > > >* IDEA amendments are unnecessary, based on the recent General Accounting > >Office report essentially stating the 1997 IDEA discipline provisions are > >working effectively and that students with disabilities are not > >disproportionately involved in violation of school codes. > > > >* Expanding discipline measures to include " threats " are subject to broad > >interpretation and fraught with dangerous opportunities for school > >officials to segregate and remove students from school. > > > >* These IDEA amendments do nothing to provide behavioral interventions for > >students who violate or threaten to violate school code. > > > >PARENTS AND ADVOCATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO CALL SEN. SESSIONS AND > >SEN. BOND (CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD 202-224-3121) THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW DAYS > >URGING THE SENATOR TO WITHDRAW THESE DANGEROUS AND UNNECESSARY IDEA > AMENDMENTS. > > > >Advocates should attempt to enlist the help of any and all school > >authorities, including teachers, in getting Sens. Sessions and Bond to > >withdraw these amendments. Instead, Sen. Sessions and Bond should work > >with federal, state and local officials on how the IDEA '97 amendments can > >be effectively implemented to improve educational outcomes for all > >students in a safe learning environment. > > > >PLEASE ACT NOW. TIME IS VERY SHORT. > >SHARE THIS ALERT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES. > > > Please edit posts when replying! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2001 Report Share Posted July 9, 2001 The Arc Action Alert > >Subject: The Arc Action Alert > > >June 29, 2001 >The Arc of the United States, 1730 K Street, N.W., Suite 1212, >Washington, D.C. 20006 >(202) 785-3388 / FAX (202) 467-4179 / TDD (202) 785-3411 / E-Mail >GAOinfo@... > >HOUSE AND SENATE CONFEREES TO START WORK ON IDEA AMENDMENTS > >House and Senate conferees are expected to begin work in July to >resolve the differences between their versions of the >reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act >(ESEA), S.1 and H.R.1. Both versions contain dangerous amendments >that would repeal key components of the Individuals with >Disabilities Education Act. > >The Senate bill contains the Sessions (R-Ala.) amendment that would >allow school authorities to cease educational services or segregate >students for violations of the school code of conduct. For example, >a child with Down Syndrome could be removed from the regular class >for hugging a teacher or other student if a school code prohibits >unwanted touching. > >The House bill contains the Norwood (R-Ga.) amendment that allows >for the cessation of educational services if a student with a >disability violates the school code regarding use and possession of >a weapon, illegal drugs or commits " aggravated assault and battery " , >which states would define. > >These amendments will essentially repeal the following vital >provisions of IDEA: > >* Free, Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) >* Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) >* Individual Education Program (IEP) parent/educator partnership >* Due process protections/safeguards > >The conferees have yet to be selected but will likely be chosen from >the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and House Education >and the Workforce Committees (list attached). > >Action Needed > >Both the White House and the Congress will play key roles in the >final IDEA decisions. > > > > >President Bush > >1. Urge the President to convince the Conferees to remove the >Sessions and Norwood amendments from the ESEA bill. > >2. Tell the President that his pledge to " leave no child behind " >will evaporate if the ESEA bill he signs into law includes either >the Sessions or Norwood IDEA amendments. > >3. Ask the President to remind the Conferees that IDEA >reauthorization is scheduled for next year and that a thoughtful >review of IDEA discipline provisions should be considered at that >time. > >House and Senate Conferees > >1. Tell them that the Sessions/Norwood amendments repeal vital >protections for students with disabilities and should not be in the >final bill. > >2. Explain that expelling students does not guarantee school safety. >Troubled children with disabilities out on the street with no >services or supervision is bad public policy, leaving schools, >shopping malls and everybody at risk. > >3. Show them how Sessions/Norwood will further exclude and segregate >students with disabilities. These amendments are about exclusion >and segregation, not school discipline. > >Write, fax, e-mail or call the White House and potential Committee >Conferees. You can reach any Conferee by calling the U.S. Capitol >Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and asking for them by name or visit >The Arc's Action Center. The number for the White House is (202) >456-1414. > >Information and a letter to your Members will soon be available on >The Arc's Action Center at www.thearc.org. > >Potential HOUSE CONFEREES - Education and the Workforce Committee >Republicans Democrats > Boehner (OH), Chairman (CA), Ranking Mem. > Petri (WI) Dale Kildee (MI) >Marge Roukema (NJ) Major Owens (NY) >Cass Ballenger (NC) Payne (NJ) > Hoekstra (MI) Patsy Mink (HI) > McKeon (CA) s (NJ) > Castle (DE) Tim Roemer (IN) >Sam (TX) Bobby (VA) >Jim Greenwood (PA) Lynn Woolsey (CA) >Lindsey Graham (SC) Lynn Rivers (MI) >Mark Souder (IN) Hinojosa (TX) > Norwood (GA) Carolyn McCarthy (NY) >Bob Schaffer (CO) Tierney (MA) >Fred Upton (MI) Ron Kind (WI) >Van Hilleary (TN) Loretta (CA) >Vernon Ehlers (MI) Harold Ford (TN) > Tancredo (CO) Dennis Kucinich (OH) >Ernest Lee Fletcher (KY) Wu (OR) >Jim DeMint (SC) Rush Holt (NJ) >ny Isakson (GA) Hilda Solis (CA) >Bob Goodlatte (VA) (CA) >Judy Biggert (IL) Betty McCollum (MN) >Todd Platts (PA) > Tiberi (OH) >Ric Keller (FL) > Osborne (NE) > Culberson (TX) > >Potential SENATE CONFEREES - Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee >Democrats Republicans > Kennedy (MA), Chairman Judd Gregg (NH), Ranking Mem. > Dodd (CT) Frist (TN) >Tom Harkin (IA) Mike DeWine (OH) >Barbara Mikulski (MD) Mike Enzi (WY) >Jeff Bingaman (NM) Tim Hutchinson (AR) > Wellstone (MN) (ME) >Patty Murray (WA) Sam Brownback (KS) >Jack (RI) Hagel (NE) > (NC) Jeff Sessions (AL) >Hillary Clinton (NY)` Warner (VA) > Bond (MO) > Pat (KS) >Independent > Jeffords (VT) > >ACT NOW!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 FYI Ellen Ellen Garber Bronfeld egskb@... Arc Action Alert The Arc of Illinois March 8, 2010 Leaders in The Arc: This is extremely important for Illinois and disability supports. Please take action today by clicking on to the Take Action link below in this email. Or go to this link: http://capwiz.com/thearc/issues/alert/?alertid=14774946 Thanks! Tony auski The Arc of Illinois 815-464-1832 Protect Medicaid AND Help the Economy Take Action! Urge Your Senators to Extend the Increased Federal Share of Medicaid Temporarily increasing the federal matching rate for Medicaid is one of the most effective ways to help the economy and to protect our citizens who are most in need. This is why the 2009 economic stimulus law (P.L. 111-5) included $87 billion to increase the federal government's share of Medicaid spending. Why Take Action Now? The economic stimulus law's temporary increase in the federal matching rate (known as the federal medical assistance percentage or FMAP) is scheduled to end on December 31, 2010 - right when families most need help and state budgets are in crisis. Without an extension, most states will be forced to severely cut their Medicaid budgets resulting in loss of direct support professional jobs and services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This week, the Senate will be voting on a bill that includes a 6-month FMAP increase extension that will: . Allow states to sustain Medicaid without making additional eligibility or enrollment cuts. . Generate additional business activity, jobs, and wages as dollars are spent for home/health care personnel, including Medicaid physicians and direct support workers. What to do? Send a message to your Senators TODAY. Sample text is provided when you click on the take action link. However, PLEASE include information in your message about why Medicaid and job creation are so important to you. Many on Capitol Hill do not pay attention to form letters unless they include personalized information from their constituents! If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please click here. Please click here to be removed from our list. If you still receive emails from us in the future, please ensure it was not forwarded from another party or sent to an email address that is different than the one asked to be removed. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Or write us at: The Arc of Illinois 20901 S. LaGrange Rd. #209 fort, IL 60423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2010 Report Share Posted March 8, 2010 FYI Ellen Ellen Garber Bronfeld egskb@... Arc Action Alert The Arc of Illinois March 8, 2010 Leaders in The Arc: This is extremely important for Illinois and disability supports. Please take action today by clicking on to the Take Action link below in this email. Or go to this link: http://capwiz.com/thearc/issues/alert/?alertid=14774946 Thanks! Tony auski The Arc of Illinois 815-464-1832 Protect Medicaid AND Help the Economy Take Action! Urge Your Senators to Extend the Increased Federal Share of Medicaid Temporarily increasing the federal matching rate for Medicaid is one of the most effective ways to help the economy and to protect our citizens who are most in need. This is why the 2009 economic stimulus law (P.L. 111-5) included $87 billion to increase the federal government's share of Medicaid spending. Why Take Action Now? The economic stimulus law's temporary increase in the federal matching rate (known as the federal medical assistance percentage or FMAP) is scheduled to end on December 31, 2010 - right when families most need help and state budgets are in crisis. Without an extension, most states will be forced to severely cut their Medicaid budgets resulting in loss of direct support professional jobs and services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This week, the Senate will be voting on a bill that includes a 6-month FMAP increase extension that will: . Allow states to sustain Medicaid without making additional eligibility or enrollment cuts. . Generate additional business activity, jobs, and wages as dollars are spent for home/health care personnel, including Medicaid physicians and direct support workers. What to do? Send a message to your Senators TODAY. Sample text is provided when you click on the take action link. However, PLEASE include information in your message about why Medicaid and job creation are so important to you. Many on Capitol Hill do not pay attention to form letters unless they include personalized information from their constituents! If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please click here. Please click here to be removed from our list. If you still receive emails from us in the future, please ensure it was not forwarded from another party or sent to an email address that is different than the one asked to be removed. DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Or write us at: The Arc of Illinois 20901 S. LaGrange Rd. #209 fort, IL 60423 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.