Saturday, May 3, 2014

Family Protection Ministries Alert


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JOINT LEGISLATIVE ALERT UPDATE- May 2, 2014
From:  Roy Hanson -- Family Protection Ministries and Mike Smith -- HSLDA 
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Bill:  AB 1444 (as amended 4/22/14) - Mandatory Kindergarten
Author:  State Assemblymember Joan Buchanan

Position:  Strongly OPPOSE

Thank you for your important phone calls!

Status:  AB 1444 passed the Assembly Education Committee on April 30th.  Nathan Pierce of FPM testified against AB 1444 at this hearing.  The bill is now in the Assembly Appropriations Committee with a hearing date set for May 7th.

Please be watching for our next Alert, as we will need your phone calls early next week.

Below is the record of the vote taken at the Education Committee hearing:

Ayes 6 - Noes 1:  Pass

Ayes
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Joan Buchanan (D)
Lorena Gonzales (D)
Adrin Nazarian (D)
Kristin Olsen (R)
Shirley N. Weber (D)
Das Williams (D)

Noes
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Rocky J. Chávez (R)

Summary of Concern:
AB 1444 would make Kindergarten mandatory before taking the first grade, forcing one more year to a child's education.

There are serious problems with this new proposed legislation that are outlined in our previous AB 1444 Action Alert, which you can read on our website athttp://www.pheofca.org/AB1444-Mandatory-Kindergarten.html.

A big thanks to those who contacted the Assembly expressing your opposition to the bill.  Please be ready for another Action Alert on AB 1444 early next week.

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This Alert Update was sent out by

Family Protection Ministries
PO Box 730
Lincoln, CA 95648

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