Grassroots Group is Taking Names In Effort To Increase Spending
They're not exactly your typical group of activists: a newspaper publisher, a teacher who won a beauty pageant, a 13-year-old boy with Down syndrome, and his mom.
But they're serious about making an impact on Washington and on schools across the country. Specifically, they want more money to pay for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the landmark federal special education law that was first adopted in 1975.
Two years ago, the New Hampshire residents came together to establish the National Campaign to Fully Fund IDEA. The group is aiming to gather 1 million signatures from across the country urging Congress to drastically increase funding for special education. So far, the organizers have gotten about 250,000 people to lend their...
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