- Education
Trump Education Budget Asks Students with Disabilities to Give Up Their Civil Rights
May 24, 2017
WASHINGTON – On May 23rd the Trump Administration proposed a budget that guts key programs under the Every Student Succeeds Act that provide crucial services to schools, such as counselors and after school programs. The budget also slashes Medicaid funds that public school districts rely upon to provide services…
Press Release - Justice System
Disability Advocates Oppose Attorney General Sessions’ Mandatory Minimums Directive
May 16, 2017
WASHINGTON – NDRN Executive Director Curtis Decker made the following statement in response to Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ directive to federal prosecutors to charge nonviolent, low-level drug offenders with long, mandatory-minimum sentences
Press Release - General
American Health Care Act Sanctions Discrimination Against People with Disabilities
May 4, 2017
The passage of the American Health Care Act, and the Members who voted for it, chose to relegate people with disabilities to second class status when it comes to health insurance.
Press Release - ADA & Civil Rights
The Leadership Conference Opposes The ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017
April 27, 2017
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, sent a letter to the hill in opposition to the ADA Education and Reform Act of…
Letter - ADA & Civil Rights
ADA Reform Bill Opposed by Hundreds of Disability, Civil and Human Rights Orgs
April 10, 2017
More than 200 disability, civil, human rights and faith based organizations wrote to Congress in opposition of the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 620).
Statement
