WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA), U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), John James (R-MI), and more than 45 colleagues in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the historic step this legislation took by mandating that every child with a disability in America be given equal access to a free, appropriate public education.
The resolution is endorsed by The School Superintendents Association (AASA), Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO), Council for Exceptional Children, the National Center for Learning Disabilities, and National PTA.
In addition to Senators Hirono, Van Hollen, and Cassidy, the legislation is cosponsored by Senators Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Susan Collins (R-ME), Dick Durbin (D-IL), John Fetterman (D-PA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM), Edward Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Adam Schiff (D-CA.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Tina Smith (D-MN), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
In addition to Representatives Huffman, Thompson, Scholten, and James, the resolution is cosponsored in the House by 20 Representatives.
The full text of the resolution is available here.
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