Plan to be at the Capitol on Thursday!

Update on the "hostage" education bills:

Directly from Representative John Schroder:

“From what I understand, the bills will be heard this Thursday”

We need a HUGE showing of concerned citizens in the Senate Education committee this Thursday May 22nd to show support for these bills.  Rep.Schroder is expecting for all four of his pending education bills to be heard.  

This includes:

HB 1076: This bill protects students' private, identifiable data. This bill passed the House with a vote of 99-0.

HB 1199: This bill gives parents the right to view all instructional materials and content their children come in contact with. This bill passed the House with a vote of 92-0

HB 988: This bill gives control of curriculum, content and methodology to the local school boards and parents and puts it into law. This bill passed the House with a vote of 93-0.

HB 1015: This bill provides an alternative pathway for students with disabilities to obtain a high school diploma. This bill passed the House with a vote of 99-0.

Please make plans to be there.  This will be the last chance (aside from email and phone calls) to have our concerns regarding these issues heard during this session.  

Please note, we are going on what we have been told.  There is the chance that the agenda will come out without including these bills.  We will put out a notice ASAP if that is the case.