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National Campaign to Fully Fund IDEA

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http://www.ncffi.org/index.htmNCFFI, the National Campaign to Fully Fund I D E A, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (PL 105-17), is a non-partisan, non-profit, collaborative, grassroots effort dedicated to improving education for all children in America. NCFFI was created in the Fall of 1999 in New Hampshire to bring national attention to the shortfalls in federal funding for special education and to circulate a petition requesting that the President and the Congress fully fund I D E A.Who We Are––––––––––––––––––––––––––— Members of the Campaign include educators, school administrators, business leaders, social service workers, public servants, advocates, school board members, leaders in the field of disabilities, parents and students. These dedicated individuals plan to secure 1 million signatures on NCFFI’s petition and present them to the newly elected President in January 2001 and to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.NCFFI does not encourage, recommend or endorse taking funds for I D E A from existing federal education programs currently serving America’s children.Supporters of Fully Funding I D E AAmerican Association of School Administrators National School Boards Association American Association of Physical Therapists Archdiocese of Washington, DC The Arc of Utah National Association for the Deaf NH Governor Jeanne Shaheen

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