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Sent: 2/19/2010 12:55:59 P.M. Central Standard Time

Subj: Federal Bill - Join the National Call-In Day to Prevent Restraint

and Seclusi

Dear Friends,

On behalf of APRAIS (the Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive

Interventions and Seclusion), TASH encourages you to contact your congressional

representatives during our National Call-In Day on February 26, 2010 and tell

them to support the FEDERAL BILL - Preventing Harmful Restraint and

Seclusion in Schools Act (H.R. 4247, S. 2860).

Recently, the House Committee on Education and Labor voted H.R. 4247 out

of committee with a vote of 35 to 10. Your hard work has certainly made a

difference, but we need your continued efforts to advance this important

legislation. Specifically, we need your assistance to get the bill moved to the

floor for a full House vote and to obtain Co-sponsors for the Senate

version, S. 2860.

Senator Dodd (D-CT) introduced the Preventing Harmful Restraint and

Seclusion in Schools Act in the Senate, but we need to increase the number

of Senate Co-Sponsors and get this bill out of committee as soon as

possible. Once passed, this legislation will provide students with and without

disabilities vital protections against abuse in schools.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Ask your Congressional Representative to Co-sponsor H.R. 4247 and your

Senators to Co-Sponsor S. 2860 on Friday, February 26th!!

* To find out the names of your US Senators and Representative,

click here [link to _www.congress.org_ (http://www.congress.org/) ]

* Dial the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for the

offices of your US Senators and Representative

* Ask to speak to the person working on education issues

* Identify yourself as a constituent and the organization that you

represent (if any)

Please also encourage your friends, family, and co-workers to participate

in this important National Call-In!

Message: “I am calling to urge [your Senator] to cosponsor S.2860,

legislation preventing harmful use of restraint and seclusion in schools.â€

Message: “I am calling to urge [your Representative] to cosponsor H.R.

4247, legislation preventing harmful use of restraint and seclusion in schools.

â€

Thank you for your advocacy. Your action will help increase congressional

support for these bills and move them through the legislative process

toward enactment. Please join the National Call-In Day on Friday, February 26,

2010, and tell your friends and family to join!

Please visit _http://aprais.tash.org/_ (http://aprais.tash.org/) to learn

more!

Best Regards,

The APRAIS Coalition