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Over 200 Organizations and 2100 Parents, Advocates, Family Members, & Others Support
the IDEA Fairness Restoration Act
H.R. 2740

The IDEA Fairness Restoration Act, H.R. 2740 will allow prevailing parents to recover their expert witness costs in due process and litigation under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Few parents can afford the thousands of dollars needed to pay for expert testimony that is necessary to prevail in IDEA due process hearings and litigation. Congress originally intended for parents to recover expert fees when it passed the Handicapped Children’s Protection Act in 1986. This bill will restore Congress’ original intent.

Over 200 organizations and disability groups support the IDEA Fairness Restoration Act. They are listed below. In addition, there are over 2,100 families, advocates, friends, professionals, and other signatories who support the bill and are listed on COPAA’s petition, here. We urge you to read the petition and the comments that people left.

National Organizations Which Urge Passage of HR 2740:

The Arc of the United States

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Easter Seals

Epilepsy Foundation

Council of Parent Attorneys & Advocates, Inc. (COPAA)

International Dyslexia Association

National Center for Learning Disabilities

League of Special Education Voters

National Disability Rights Network (NDRN)

Learning Disabilities Association of America

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

National Association of Private Special Education Centers

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

National Down Syndrome Congress

American Psychological Association

National Down Syndrome Society

Association of University Centers on Disabilities

National Rehabilitation Association

Autism National Committee

Nonverbal Learning Disorders Association

Autism Society of America

Our Children Left Behind.com

Center for Law and Education

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA)

Cherab Foundation
Communication Help, Education, Research, Apraxia Base

Southern Poverty Law Center
 School-to-Prison Reform Project

Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association of North American (CASANA)

TASH

Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Teacher Education Division of the Council for Exceptional Children

Council for Learning Disabilities

Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc. (National)

 

United Cerebral Palsy

 

State and Local Organizations Which Urge Passage of H.R. 2740:

 

Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program

Tuscaloosa

AL

Arizona TASH

Scottsdale

AZ

Solano Families for Effective Autism Treatment, Inc.

Vacaville

CA

California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy  (CAPCA)

Berkeley

CA

Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

Berkeley

CA

K.E.N. Project

Calabasas

CA

Special Education Community Advisory Committee of Los Angeles Unified School District (82,000 students)

Los Angeles

CA

Sacramento Asperger Syndrome Information and Support

Elk Grove

CA

Faces of Hope Charitable Fund, Inc.

Ripon

CA

Special Needs Advocates for Understanding

Ripon

CA

Families For Early Autism Treatment (FEAT)

Sacramento

CA

Learning Disabilities Association of California

Sacramento

CA

La Jolla Learning Foundation "Parents Advocating Together"

San Diego

CA

Bay Area Lawyers for Children

San Francisco

CA

Community Alliance for Special Education  (CASE)

San Francisco

CA

Legal Advocates for Children & Youth

San Jose

CA

Burlingame Mother's Group of Kids with Special Needs

San Mateo

CA

Special Education Law

Santa Cruz

CA

Mills Legal Clinic - Youth & Education Law Project
Stanford Law School

Stanford

CA

Friends in Common.yuku.com

Sunnyvale

CA

California Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired

Ukiah

CA

Solano Families for Effective Autism Treatment, Inc.

Vacaville

CA

Twice Exceptional 2E Network Supporting Families of Gifted Children with Special Needs

Winnetka

CA

Autism Society of Boulder County

Louisville

CO

Fairfield Special Education Parent Teacher Association

Fairfield

CT

Connecticut Down Syndrome Congress

Farmington

CT

African Caribbean American Parents  of Children with Disabilities, Inc.

Hartford

CT

Learning Disabilities Association of Connecticut

Hartford

CT

S.E.P.T.A. Network

Milford

CT

SPED*NET, Special Education Network of New Canaan, Ltd.

New Canaan

CT

Child Law Unit - New Haven Legal Assistance Association, Inc.

New Haven

CT

NorwalkSEEKS.org

Norwalk

CT

Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities, Inc.

Westport

CT

Connecticut Legal Services, Inc.

Willimantic

CT

SPED*NET Wilton

Wilton

CT

Advocates for Justice and Education, Inc.

Washington

DC

Autistic Self-Advocacy Network

Washington

DC

Bread for the City

Washington

DC

Children's Law Center

Washington

DC

Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic
Univ. of the District of Columbia   -   David A. Clarke School of Law

Washington

DC

University Legal Services

Washington

DC

National Leadership Consortium 
University of Delaware

Newark

DE

Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization

Boca Raton

FL

Celebrating Abilities Incorporated

Cape Coral

FL

Disability Law Center of Alaska

Anchorage

AK

Center for Independent Living of SouthWest Florida, Inc

Fort Myers

FL

Southern Legal Counsel, Inc.

Gainesville

FL

Center for Independent Living of South Florida, Inc.

Miami

FL

Broward Children's Center, Inc.

Pompano Beach

FL

Parents in Action, PIA, Inc.

Port Charlotte

FL

Florida Association of Special Education Attorneys

St. Petersburg

FL

Statewide Advocacy Network on Disabilities (STAND)

St. Petersburg

FL

Florida Association of Special Education Attorneys

Tampa

FL

Self Reliance Center for Independent Living

Tampa

FL

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc.

West Palm Beach

FL

Collier County Parents Seeking Reform

Naples

FL

GA Children's Network

Woodstock

GA

LIFE Center for Independent Living

Bloomington

IL

Special Kids, Special Families

Buffalo Grove

IL

Parents Reviewing Education Plans

Charleston

IL

Advocacy Services of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago

Chicago

IL

Chicago Medical Legal Partnership for Children  (Health & Disability Advocates)

Chicago

IL

Equip for Equality

Chicago

IL

Evanston Citizens for Appropriate Special Education (CASE)

Evanston

IL

South Suburban Chicago CHADD Chapter

Homewood

IL

Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living

Joliet

IL

Voice-Advocacy

Mikena

IL

Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois

Palos Hills

IL

Mothers from Hell 2

Peru

IL

Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living

Rock Falls

IL

Self Advocacy Council of Northern Illinois

Woodstock

IL

Kentucky Protection and Advocacy

Frankfort

KY

First Steps of Louisville, KY

Louisville

KY

Partners in Education

Baton Rouge

LA

Southern Poverty Law Center
 School-to-Prison Reform Project

New Orleans

LA

Center for Law and Education

Boston

MA

Disability Law Center of Massachusetts

Boston

MA

Federation for Children with Special Needs

Boston

MA

Disability Law Center (Mass.)

Boston

MA

Integrated Center for Child Development

Newton

MA

Single Parenting Plus

Northborough

MA

Berkshire Count Educational Associates

Pittsfield

MA

Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council

Baltimore

MD

Maryland Disability Law Center

Baltimore

MD

Maryland Special Education Lawyers (MDSEL)

Baltimore

MD

Mid Atlantic Chapter of TASH

Baltimore

MD

Shared Support Maryland, Inc.

Baltimore

MD

Maryland Coalition for Inclusive Education Inc.

Hanover

MD

Attachment & Trauma Network, Inc.

Jefferson

MD

Anne Arundel County Chapter, Autism Society of America

Millersville

MD

Learning Disabilities Assoc. of Calvert County, Inc.

Prince Frederick

MD

Disability Rights Center of Maine

Augusta

ME

Maine Center on Deafness

Portland

ME

Education Law Center, PLC of Michigan

Brighton

MI

Michigan Alliance for Special Education

Franklin

MI

Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service, Inc.

Lansing

MI

Michigan Tourette Syndrome Association

Madison Heights

MI

Down Syndrome Guild of Southeast Michigan

Royal Oak

MI

Paraquad Independent Living Center

St. Louis

MO

Living Independence For Everyone (LIFE) of Mississippi, Inc.

Jackson

MS

Parents United Together

Madison

MS

Montana Advocacy Program

Helena

MT

Council for Children's Rights

Charlotte

NC

Alliance of Disability Advocates

Raleigh

NC

Special Education Navigation

Manchester

NH

Special Teachers Exceptional Parents and Students of NJ

Haddon Heights

NJ

Parent2Parent Group of Jackson New Jersey

Jackson

NJ

Education Law Center  of New Jersey

Newark

NJ

Excellent Education for Everyone

Newark

NJ

New Jersey Special Education Practitioners  (NJSEP)

Newark

NJ

Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice

Newark

NJ

Special Education Clinic
Rutgers University School of Law

Newark

NJ

Special Education Clinic -Rutgers University School of Law-Newark

Newark

NJ

Statewide Parent Advocacy Network of New Jersey

Newark

NJ

 Arc of New Jersey

North Brunswick

NJ

Apraxia Network of Bergen County

Paramus

NJ

Mr. G's Kids, Inc.

Paterson

NJ

Disability Rights New Jersey

Trenton

NJ

Parents Reaching Out

Albuquerque

NM

Pegasus Legal Services for Children

Albuquerque

NM

Down Syndrome Foundation of Southeastern New Mexico

Roswell

NM

Prader-Willi Alliance of NY, Inc.

Baldwinsville

NY

North Bellmore Special Education PTA

bellmore

NY

Brooklyn Special Needs Consulting, LLC.

Brooklyn

NY

Center for Learning Differences, Inc.

Great Neck

NY

Suffolk Parent Support Group for Disabilities

Islip

NY

East End Special Education Parents, Inc.

Mattituck

NY

New York Branch of the International Dyslexia Association

New York

NY

Families Helping Families Resource and Recreation Center

Staten Island

NY

ASPIES Greater Akron

Akron

OH

Ohio Legal Rights Service

Columbus

OH

Ability Center of Greater Toledo

Sylvania

OH

Ohio Families of ASD Children

Columbus

OH

Northwest Special Educational Services

Saint Helens

OR

TEAMinclusion

Ardmore

PA

Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership of Philadelphia

Berwyn

PA

ARC of Erie County, PA

Erie

PA

Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Association

Gettysburg

PA

Arc of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

PA

Disability Rights Network of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

PA

Education Law Center of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

PA

Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia

Philadelphia

PA

Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

PA

Parent Learning Support Network

Pittsburgh

PA

Community Justice Project

Pittsburgh

PA

Kids Together, Inc.

Quakertown

PA

Mental Health Association of Reading and Berks County

Shillington

PA

Rhode Island Disability Law Center, Inc.

Providence

RI

Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.

Columbia

SC

disABILITY Resource Center

Knoxville

TN

Down Syndrome Policy Network of Tennessee

Nashville

TN

Tennessee Disability Coalition on Education

Nashville

TN

Advocacy, Incorporated

Austin

TX

Houston Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health

Houston

TX

Spina Bifida Association of Houston Gulf Coast

Houston

TX

Texas A&M University Kingsville College of Education

Kingsville

TX

Raising Special Needs Kids Meetup of NW Dallas/Denton County

Lake Dallas

TX

Father's Joy

Sugar Land

TX

INCIID Inc.

Arlington

VA

Franklin Autism Community Enrichment Services

Callaway

VA

Autism Society of Northern Virginia

Fairfax

VA

Jester and Williams

Great Falls

VA

Endependence Center, Inc.,
Disability Advocacy & Services

Norfolk

VA

disAbilities Resource Network

Bedford

VA

Advocating 4 Kids LLC

Virginia Beach

VA

Vermont Protection & Advocacy, Inc.

Montpelier

VT

Disability Law Project, Vermont

Rutland

VT

Autism Society of Washington

Olympia

WA

Disability Rights Wisconsin

Madison

WI

Families for Early Autism Treatment(FEAT)--WI

Madison

WI

Wisconsin Family Assistance Center for Education, Training, and Support (FACETS)

Milwaukee

WI

Arc of Racine County, Inc.

Racine

WI

Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Pennsylvania

Cranberry Township

PA

Cherry Hill Special Education PTA

Cherry Hill

NJ

Newtown Learning Disabilities Support Group

Newtown

CT

Chinese Parents Association for the Disabled

San Gabriel

CA

When Children Cry

Thomasville

NC

Center For People With Disabilities, Inc.

Austin,

TX

Read the full letter from the Consortium on Citizens with Disabilities here.

Read the full letter from over 185 national, state, and local disability organizations here.

   
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