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SPECIAL EDUCATION HEARING DATE ANNOUNCED. PLEASE COME! SPREAD THE WORD . Please make plans to attend a legislative hearing on our special education funding reform bill. =2 0Send out the word to your entire network. We need huge attendance! This is the turning point we have been waiting for. The hearing is being held by the House Education Committee. It will take place in Harrisburg at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 in Room 50 (ground floor) of the Irvis Office Building (attached to the rear east corner of the Capitol).

The bill is sponsored by Representatives Sturla, McCall, McIlvaine-Smith, Roebuck, and over 50 others. It will be officially introduced on April 29. PLEASE KEEP UP YOUR CALLS AND E-MAILS TO REPRESENTATIVES, ASKING THEM TO CO-SPONSOR THE BILL. We need more co-sponsors to ensure passage of the bill. Witnesses at the May 5 hearing will include the Education Law Center, the Disability Rights Network of PA, the Arc of PA, and others.

We will also hold a rally and an action strategy meeting immediately following the Committee hearing on May 5 in Harrisburg. Please plan on staying for these events. Details to follow soon. For more information, visit our special website – [|www.reformspecialedfunding.org].

Together we will fix the special education funding system. Please call with questions or ideas.

Baruch Baruch Kintisch Director of Policy Advocacy Education Law Center 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19107-4798 [|www.elc-pa.org] 215-238-6970, ext. 320 FAX: 215-772-3125 bkintisch@elc-pa.org