Provide local governments with an ongoing accommodations fund for elected officials with disabilities in eligible communities.

The AID (Accessibility and Inclusion to Diversify) Local Government Leadership Act would provide local governments with an ongoing accommodations fund to ensure current and future elected officials with disabilities have access to needed accommodations to perform their duties. Eligible communities include those that are rural communities, have a population of less than 10,000 people or are communities with a population between 10,000 and 200,000 with a federal poverty rate of 18 percent or higher.

Dean's legislative package includes a bill to fund accommodations for current and future local elected officials with disabilities in eligible communities.

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