Dear friends, teachers, parents...
This is the PTA in action. Our kids need you to use your voice, whether you are a member or not.
Can you take a minute to write a letter to your legislator? As you may know, our new governor wants to hold a special election for Californians to choose whether or not to continue paying taxes that support the school system. Bret Harte students and all public school students will be seriously affected by the outcome of this battle. The $350 mentioned in the letter below could make the difference between 30 and 40 students in a classroom, which is one potential scenario. What will that mean for your student?
Can you take a minute to write a letter to your legislator? As you may know, our new governor wants to hold a special election for Californians to choose whether or not to continue paying taxes that support the school system. Bret Harte students and all public school students will be seriously affected by the outcome of this battle. The $350 mentioned in the letter below could make the difference between 30 and 40 students in a classroom, which is one potential scenario. What will that mean for your student?
If you have any friends or relatives in the Central Valley, please forward this to them immediately, as their representatives, who are the ones blocking this election, need to hear from their constituents that public education is important to the stability of our state.
Thank you!
Kristen Caven
BHPTA
Kristen Caven
BHPTA
Click here for the letter below with LINKS: http://tinyurl.com/4k5qefg
Let the voters decide! Protect education funding by putting a tax extension on the ballot
Public education in California continues to be threatened.
Despite
more than $18 billion in cuts in recent years, a further reduction of at least $2 billion (or $350 per student) will occur unless the
Legislature takes action soon.
March 1 is the deadline for lawmakers to place a ballot measure before California voters to extend current tax rates.
Your legislators need to hear from you right now! click on the link below so that you can access links better:
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California
State PTA supports a balanced approach to solving the state's $26 billion budget deficit. This approach includes additional revenues to protect against even deeper cuts to education and children's services. The Governor has proposed putting an extension of certain current tax rates for five years on a special election ballot. This proposal will provide voters with a direct opportunity to help stabilize the budget
and protect education and other essential programs from further cuts.
The first step is to persuade two-thirds of legislators in both the Senate and the Assembly to vote to place this measure on the ballot for a
special election in June.
Contact your legislators TODAY to urge them to place this measure on the ballot.
Speak Up for Children!
We are PTA - If not us, then who?
It's easy to do! Here's how:
1. Click here to find your Senator and Assembly members' contact info.
2. Call them TODAY in their district or Capitol offices (click here for a sample phone script).
3. Fax or mail in a letter from you and/or your children about the
importance of public education to your family (click here for a sample
letter).
4. Urge your PTA to send a letter to the representatives in your area (click here for a sample letter).
5. Attend a school board meeting in your community or contact your
local school board members and urge the board to adopt a resolution
calling for extension of the temporary tax increases (click here for a
sample resolution from the California School Boards Association).
Remember: The time to act is now!
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Nurturing a vibrant home-school connection
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