Preparing For Action

We are anxiously watching and waiting for the release of the Senate's bill.

Keep contacting your Senators' offices. Ask what they know about the release of the bill. Share your child's education stories and tell them what you need to see in the bill that will help you be assured of a bright education future for your child. They need to know what it takes for your student to be successful, day after day, in school.

One consistent message that we have been hearing is the "two week" window for review of the released bill. So, we need to be ready to read, reflect, synthesize, and respond.

Some folks plan on blocking out time alone. Others are planning on pulling groups together and breaking up the reading (by special interest areas, such as funding, discipline, etc.).

Organizations work to promote their group's individually identified priority issues. So, if and when you are looking to copy a letter, sign a petition, and the like, read through the text well to be sure that each clearly reflects your beliefs, knowledge base, and wishes for your child.

Stay tuned to CSPAN and the Senate webcasts. If you are interested in trying to look at webcasts for the first time. You may want to be sure that your computer is ready for this. It will save you time when you need it. For example today, go to health.senate.gov/calendars/edu.html. This page mentioned what you would need to view a webcast, if one was going on today pertaining to the Education Committee.

It is critical that we stick together and share what we hear is going on at the Senate level. If we all know what is happening, we can take it from there in the ways most individually comfortable to each of us and with the organizations we enjoy most.

Please, stay in touch. Credible information is how we all get started with producing credible outputs.

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