Bill
Background Information
"Twins
in the Classroom" Legislation
has been reintroduced in 2007!
Senate
Bill # 579 & House
Bill # 65
Representative
Jess Stairs has introduced HB 65
. This legislation would allow the
parents of twins and higher order
multiples to have a primary voice
in the placement decisions of their
children (either separate or together)
within the classroom. We are fortunate
to have both Representative Jess
Stairs and Representative James
R. Roebuck as sponsors. They are
the minority and majority chairs
of the House Education Committee.
In
the Senate, Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf
has introduced the Senate version
of the bill, SB # 579
What
Can You Do to Help?
Send your Senator and Representative a letter urging them to support this legislation.
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Input the legislator's name, your
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Have every PA resident you know
send a letter of support to their
Senator and Representative!
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We
have begun a media blitz by contacting
newspapers and TV stations across
the state and requesting that they
develop news stories on the "Twins
in the Classroom" legislation
and the issue of classroom placement
of multiples. Hopefully we can generate
significant awareness of the issue
across the state to ensure the support
we'll need when the bills go to
the floor for a vote.
We will need volunteers from each
club who would be willing to be
interviewed by the local media.
We need people who have had experience
with a school that has a mandatory
separation policy for multiples
in the classroom. It does not matter
if they had their children together
or apart, or if they had a positive
or negative experience. (They may
have wanted their children separated
so the policy was not a problem
for them.) The main point that needs
to be conveyed is that these policies
do exist. That is the basis for
the legislation, and therefore the
initial concept to be conveyed in
any article.
Please have anyone willing to be
interviewed contact me as soon as
possible!
Also, if anyone knows anyone who
works in any type of news media,
we would greatly appreciate their
contacting them and asking them
to consider developing a story on
this issue. If they are interested
in pursuing a story on this topic
I can provide them with reference
documentation, research studies,
contact information for experts
in the field as well as personal
testimonials by families affected
by separation issues. Much of this
documentation can be sent via email.
Thanks to everyone for their support!
Victoria Zimmerman
PENNSYLVANIA TWINS LAW CAMPAIGN
495 Boar Road
Mohrsville, PA 19541
(610) 926-1623 - Home
(610) 858-1334 - Cell
vawace@epix. net
www.twinslaw. com
There
has been a recent media article
in the Morning
Call - Allentown, PA |
