I have a better idea STOP the implementation of Common Core. Is there NO backbone in the legislature.?
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Dittrich <johndittr...@att.net> Date: Sat, May 4, 2013 at 9:55 PM Subject: [Springfield912ers] Common Core and SB 210 - Immediate Action Requested To: springfield912ers-annou...@meetup.com I attended the DESE meeting last week, and I thank those who also attended. There were many unanswered questions, and the answers we eventually get about common core will be disseminated in the manner and timeliness of DESE. This is not acceptable, we need a forum to ask questions and get answers before Millions of our tax dollars are spent on an unproven and untested new approach to education. We need to protect our children and our future. We can't stand by and allow Common Core to continue without accountability. We need to know more facts. That is why I am asking you to take action before Tuesday morning to ask your Senator to support SB 210. A copy of SB 210 is copied below for your convenience. Many people worked very hard to get this far, now we are asking for you to take 10 minutes to help. Please re-post this information and share it with everyone you know: Make Missouri's Department of Elementary & Secondary Education Accountable to Missouri Residents for Common Core This Monday morning --- call and e-mail your senator, as well as Senator John Lamping, Senator Tom Dempsey, and Senator Ron Richard and tell them you support SB 210 (text below) . It's easy! To find your senator's contact information, just enter your zip code in the appropriate box on this senate webpage http://www.senate.mo.gov/* IMPORTANT:* Thank Senator Lamping for sponsoring the bill, and ask Senators Dempsey and Richard to ensure that SB 210 gets a full opportunity to be debated on the floor of the Missouri Senate: Senator John Lamping, Sponsor of SB 210 State Capitol Room 426 (573) 751-2514 john.lamp...@senate.mo.gov Senator Tom Dempsey, President Pro Tem State Capitol Room 326 (573) 751-1141 tom.demp...@senate.mo.gov Senator Ron Richard, Majority Floor Leader (573) 751-2173 ronald.rich...@senate.mo.gov SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL NO. 210 AN ACT To amend chapter 161, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the common core state standards initiative, with an emergency clause. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section A. Chapter 161, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 161.855, to read as follows: 161.855. 1. The department of elementary and secondary education shall conduct at least one public hearing in each congressional district in Missouri prior to the full implementation of the common core state standards. The public hearings shall provide an opportunity for members of the general public to publicly testify regarding the common core state standards. The commissioner of education and at least one member of the state board of education shall attend each public hearing. For each public hearing, the department shall provide at least two weeks' notice to school districts and parents of public school students located within the congressional district in which the hearing shall be held. 2. At least two weeks prior to the first of the public hearings, the department of elementary and secondary education shall perform and make publicly available a fiscal analysis of the projected cost to the state and school districts of the implementation of the common core state standards. The analysis shall include the costs of material, equipment, technology, and training, as well as any savings that may be realized. The department shall provide the fiscal analysis to the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and to the joint committee on education. The department shall publish the fiscal analysis on its internet website. 3. At least two weeks prior to the first of the public hearings, the department of elementary and secondary education shall prepare a report that identifies: (1) Any data that shall be collected as a result of the implementation of the common core state standards; and (2) Any governmental entity, quasi-governmental entity, or consortium that collects data or receives data as a result of the implementation of the common core state standards. 4. The department of elementary and secondary education shall submit the report required under subsection 3 of this section to the president pro tempore of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and to the joint committee on education. The department shall publish the report on its internet website. The department shall notify parents of public school students of the data collection procedures described in subsection 3 of this section. 5. The department of elementary and secondary education shall conduct all of the public hearings by December 31, 2013. Section B. Because of the importance of providing information to the public about the common core state standards, section A of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and section A of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval. -- This message was sent by John Dittrich (johndittr...@att.net) from Springfield 912ers <http://www.meetup.com/Springfield-Missouri-912ers/>. 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