The Vote for Betsy DeVos was Postponed! Here’s What You Do NOW

There were enough questions and concerns about this (and only “craptions” – the auto generated YouTube captions available here, boo):

and this (also “craptioned”) that Besty DeVos’ committee vote, originally scheduled to take place today, has been postponed to Jan. 31

(see Washington Post article here about it).

I’m sure the postponement was also due to the parent-army of kids with disabilities and people with disabilities themselves, calling, emailing, trumpeting the fact that this woman Should Not Be in Education. Ever, full stop, let alone as the Secretary of Education.

While the committee vote has been postponed, it’s not over yet. The cows haven’t come home, and we still have to round them up.

1. In This Post You Will Find:

   • CALL.
   • 2. EMAIL, Part 1
   • 3. Email, Part 2

   CALL.

We can keep on calling until the end of January. The numbers are here:

Sample script (to say when calling, if you are unsure):

2. EMAIL, Part 1

It’s easy to send an email through the National Education Association’s Legislative Action Center. Just click this link and it will take you directly to the form that you fill out with your information, which they use to fill out the Senator’s forms. They connect you automatically with your state’s senators, and boom. There you go. Couldn’t be easier.

3. Email, Part 2

Contact your senators and the senators on the HELP committee, linked here, and pasted below. Ask them to vote no on her confirmation. Adding a personal story about what IDEA or public education in general means for your family is a good move here.

What we can do is that simple, and it’s that profound.

We need to be able to say with confidence that we really did everything we could.

Below is the list of all Senators on the Senate HELP Committee, who heard testimony from Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos. If you care about public education, and about the education of people with disabilities, call them. Please.