ACTION ALERT: Please Ask Members of the Ways and Means Committee and Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee to OPPOSE HB119 & SB199 Which Require Inclusion of Gender Ideology in Public School Curricula
Requiring the State Department of Education, in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Health, to develop a comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board of education to create an age-appropriate curriculum that is consistent with the comprehensive health education framework; requiring each county board to establish a method by which a parent or guardian may opt out of certain topics, subject to certain requirements; etc.
why icm OPPOSES HB119/SB199
- Parents have the fundamental right to understand and direct how their children are educated.
- Parents are tax-paying citizens and have the right to engage in civic participation in the development and implementation of public school programs and curricula.
- HB119 & SB199 seek to remove control from local school districts and boards of education.
- Parents have the fundamental right to insist that content of public school curricula is factually sound and inclusion of new content based on new ideology and/or methodology is evidence-based and demonstrably leads to positive outcomes
- Inclusion of gender ideology in public school curricula based on recent changes in public guidelines is linked to negative mental and physiological health outcomes for students.
- HB119 & SB199 include open-ended language which does not adequately safeguard parents' vital and fundamental right to protect their children from exposure to curricula including content on ideology which is not evidence-based and demonstrably causes negative outcomes.
There are three ways to submit testimony: written, in-person, and virtual. You can find instructions on how to proceed with giving testimony on HB119 here and on SB199 here.
Please note: You must register to give testimony for HB119 between 8AM and 3PM on Monday, January 30th. You must register to give testimony for SB199 between 8AM and 3PM on Tuesday, February 7th.
Who to contact about HB119/SB199
There will be a hearing for HB119 before the Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, 2/1/22 at 2:00 PM.
There will be a hearing for SB199 before the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee on Wednesday, 2/8/22 at 1:00 PM.
URGENT: We’re asking all members to contact bill sponsors Delegate Vanessa Atterbeary, Senator Clarence Lam, Senator Jim Rosapepe, Senator Shelly Hettleman, and Senator Mary Washington, and to call and email the members of the Ways and Means and Education committee and the members of the Energy and the Environment committee to let them know, in your own words, why you oppose HB119/SB199!
Please contact the following bill sponsors to express your opposition:
410-841-3471| 301-858-3471
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3471
410-841-3653| 301-858-3653
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3653
e-mail: Clarence.lam@senate.state.md.us
410-841-3141| 301-858-3141
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3141
e-mail: jim.rosapepe@senate.state.md.us
410-841-3131| 301-858-3131
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3131
410-841-3145| 301-858-3145
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3145
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the Ways and Means Committee members into the BCC section of your email in opposition to HB119:
alonzo.washington@house.state.md.us, dalya.attar@house.state.md.us, Darryl.Barnes@house.state.md.us, Jason.Buckel@house.state.md.us, nick.charles@house.state.md.us, Eric.Ebersole@house.state.md.us, kris.fair@house.state.md.us , jessica.feldmark@house.state.md.us, mike.griffith@house.state.md.us, brooke.grossman@house.state.md.us , wayne.hartman@house.state.md.us, Kevin.Hornberger@house.state.md.us, dana.jones@house.state.md.us, Bob.Long@house.state.md.us, april.miller@house.state.md.us , bernice.mireku-north@house.state.md.us , julie.palakovichcarr@house.state.md.us, Edith.Patterson@house.state.md.us , joe.vogel@house.state.md.us , melissa.wells@house.state.md.us , jheanelle.wilkins@house.state.md.us , chao.wu@house.state.md.us
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee members into the BCC section of your email in opposition to SB199:
brian.feldman@senate.state.md.us , Cheryl.Kagan@senate.state.md.us , malcolm.augustine@senate.state.md.us , benjamin.brooks@senate.state.md.us , marybeth.carozza@senate.state.md.us , jason.gallion@senate.state.md.us, katiefry.hester@senate.state.md.us , bryan.simonaire@senate.state.md.us , ron.watson@senate.state.md.us , karen.young@senate.state.md.us
Please call the offices of the Ways and Means Committee members in opposition to HB119:
Phone 410-841-3652 | 301-858-3652
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3652
Phone 410-841-3268 | 301-858-3268
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3268
Phone 410-841-3557 | 301-858-3557
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3557
Phone 410-841-3404 | 301-858-3404
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3404
Phone 410-841-3707 | 301-858-3707
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3707
Phone 410-841-3328 | 301-858-3328
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3328
Phone 410-841-3472 | 301-858-3472
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3472
Phone 410-841-3205 | 301-858-3205
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3205
Phone 410-841-3444 | 301-858-3444
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3444
Phone 410-841-3125 | 301-858-3125
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3125
Phone 410-841-3356 | 301-858-3356
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3356
Phone 410-841-3284 | 301-858-3284
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3284
Phone 410-841-3211 | 301-858-3211
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3211
Phone 410-841-3458 | 301-858-3458
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3458
Phone 410-841-3288 | 301-858-3288
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3288
Phone 410-841-3539 | 301-858-3539
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3539
Phone 410-841-3037 | 301-858-3037
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3037
Phone 410-841-3247 | 301-858-3247
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3247
Phone 410-841-3103 | 301-858-3103
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3103
Phone 410-841-3545 | 301-858-3545
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3545
Phone 410-841-3493 | 301-858-3493
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3493
Phone 410-841-3556 | 301-858-3556
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3556
Please call the offices of the Education, Energy, and the Environment Committee members in opposition to SB199:
Phone 410-841-3169 | 301-858-3169
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3169
Phone 410-841-3134 | 301-858-3134
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3134
Phone 410-841-3745 | 301-858-3745
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3745
Phone 410-841-3606 | 301-858-3606
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3606
Phone 410-841-3645 | 301-858-3645
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3645
Phone 410-841-3603 | 301-858-3603
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3603
Phone 410-841-3671 | 301-858-3671
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3671
Phone 410-841-3658 | 301-858-3658
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3658
Phone 410-841-3631 | 301-858-3631
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3631
Phone 410-841-3575 | 301-858-3575
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3575
Please spread the word! Let’s flood the offices of the HB119/SB199 sponsors, the Ways and Means committee members , and EEE committee members with polite, respectful, forceful emails and phone calls. They need to hear our voices!
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