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Attorney Deborah G. Stevenson, Executive
Director
MARCH 13,
2008 UPDATE ON SENATE BILL #162
We’ve
received word today from the clerk of the Education Committee that “it is
likely that Senate Bill #162 will be placed on the agenda of the Education
Committee for a vote at its meeting either on Monday, March 17, 2008 or
Tuesday, March 18, 2008.” Both meetings
will be held at 1 p.m. at the
We are
hopeful that the bill actually will be placed on the agenda for either of those
two meetings. The Education Committee’s
deadline for voting a joint favorable recommendation for bills is March 19,
2008.
If the
bill is not placed on the agenda before March 19, 2008, it “dies” in committee
and there will be no vote on it on the floor of the House or Senate.
Therefore,
we are asking anyone who can attend the
Education Committee meetings, to please do so. If the Chairmen of the Education Committee,
do not place the bill on the agenda, and they see parents in the audience
waiting for them to do so, it could tip the balance and convince them to place
it on the agenda on or before that March 19, 2008 deadline.
You do
not need to speak. It will not be a
public hearing. You can just come and
sit in the audience…we will have a sticker for you to wear saying, “Put SB 162
on for a vote and pass it”, or words to that effect. The message will be given loud and clear by
your appearance.
We
will keep you posted if anything changes.