di: Opposition to SB 614 / CA Association for Parent-Child Advocacy (CAPCA) -- EMERGENCY -- pls "come out" on line Monday at 1 p.m. PST

[Maureen Graves]

Please distribute.



California’s Assembly Education Committee is holding a hearing Monday, August 3, on SB 614, a very bad bill.  It passed the Senate with a different subject last spring, and was then gut-amended to remove California requirements for research-based reading instruction and eliminate the test that teachers must pass in reading instruction.  This would remove the leverage that we currently have, such as it is, to demand comprehensive, research-based reading instruction for students with disabilities.  It would create more “instructional casualties”—students who are deemed learning disabled, or even intellectually disabled, because they do not intuitively pick up reading with whole language instruction, and need systematic, phonics-based instruction instead.  After much opposition, this bill was dropped last summer, but is being revived in the strange session that is occurring this summer.

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It is very important that as many people as possible be watching the hearing, and request to speak in opposition to the bill.  The legislature needs to know that people are watching this.  The hearing is Monday, August 3, at 1 p.m.  PST.



Here is a link to see, or get to the link to see, the Education Committee.   https://www.assembly.ca.gov/todaysevents<https://edvoice.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a14631e5cc51cfa1714672da0&id=411dee385e&e=d0bf494300>    I think that a few people will be able to speak substantively and others will be able to say their name and roles/positions, and say that they oppose SB 614.



Also, please contact members of the Education Committee Monday morning and let them know that SB 614 would seriously weaken California reading instruction.  The problem with research-based instruction is not that it doesn’t work; it’s that too often it does not occur.  We need to strengthen access to research-based instruction, not give in to its opponents, who are taking advantage of this moment to weaken public school reading instruction.  That would encourage parents to leave the public school system, reduce support for public education, and hurt all students, particularly students with disabilities and students whose families cannot supplement whatever reading instruction they receive in school with on-line programs and private tutoring.



Here is a link to the bill and related information:  https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB614

Below is a link to the letter submitted by the California Association for Parent-Child Advocacy:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ki5DMpXm139_tge4L6jE74jKCHLDbUuq/view?usp=sharing



Here are members of the Assembly Education Committee:


Committee Members

District

Office & Contact Information

Patrick O'Donnell (Chair)<https://assembly.ca.gov/a70>

Dem - 70

Contact Assembly Member Patrick O'Donnell<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD70>
Capitol Office, Room 4001
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0070; (916) 319-2070

Kevin Kiley (Vice Chair)<https://assembly.ca.gov/a06>

Rep - 06

Contact Assembly Member Kevin Kiley<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD06&inframe=Y>
Capitol Office, Room 5128
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0006; (916) 319-2006

Megan Dahle<https://assembly.ca.gov/a01>

Rep - 01

Contact Assembly Member Megan Dahle<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD01&inframe=Y>
Capitol Office, Room 4208
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0001; (916) 319-2001

Ash Kalra<https://assembly.ca.gov/a27>

Dem - 27

Contact Assembly Member Ash Kalra<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD27&inframe=Y>
Capitol Office, Room 2196
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0027; (916) 319-2027

Kevin McCarty<https://assembly.ca.gov/a07>

Dem - 07

Contact Assembly Member Kevin McCarty<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD07&inframe=Y>
Capitol Office, Room 2136
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0007; (916) 319-2007

Christy Smith<https://assembly.ca.gov/a38>

Dem - 38

Contact Assembly Member Christy Smith<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD38&inframe=Y>
Capitol Office, Room 2158
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0038; (916) 319-2038

Shirley N. Weber<https://assembly.ca.gov/a79>

Dem - 79

Contact Assembly Member Shirley N. Weber<https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD79&inframe=Y>
Capitol Office, Room 3123
P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0079; (916) 319-2079




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