Action Alert: Please Ask Ways and Means Committee Members to SUPPORT HB1202 Which Would Protect Parents’ Fundamental Right to Direct Their Children’s Education
Text of HB1202: Public Schools – Curriculum and Instructional Materials
Requiring the posting of curriculum and instructional materials used at public schools on the public school’s website; and establishing requirements for the production and inspection of certain instructional materials referenced in certain curriculum.
why icm SUPPORTS hb1202
- 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.
- Parents must retain the fundamental right to discover and direct the care of their children while those children are attending school, including the full content of information to which the children are exposed, and any medical treatment or intervention, including mental health care administered.
- Students exposed to curricula and materials undisclosed and unavailable to parents are at greater risk of being negatively impacted by social contagion and may be at increased risk of receiving experimental and potentially harmful courses of treatment without parental knowledge or consent.
Who to contact about HB1202
There will be a hearing for HB1202 before the Ways and Means Committee Wednesday, 3/8/2023, at 1:00 PM.
Please note: You must register to give testimony for HB1202 between 8 AM and 3 PM on Monday, 3/6/23.
URGENT: We’re asking all members to contact bill sponsors Delegate Miller, Delegate Szeliga, Delegate Adams, Delegate Arentz, Delegate Fisher, Delegate Hartman, Delegate McComas, Delegate T. Morgan, Delegate Nawrocki, Delegate Pippy, and Delegate Tomlinson, to let them know, in your own words, why you support HB1202!
Please contact the following HB1202sponsors to express your support:
Phone 410-841-3288 | 301-858-3288
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3288
Email: april.miller@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3698 | 301-858-3698
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3698
Email: kathy.szeliga@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3343 | 301-858-3343
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3343
Email: christopher.adams@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3543 | 301-858-3543
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3543
Email: steven.arentz@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3231 | 301-858-3231
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3231
Email: mark.fisher@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3356 | 301-858-3356
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3356
Email: wayne.hartman@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3272 | 301-858-3272
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3272
Email: susan.mccomas@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3170 | 301-858-3170
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3170
Email: Matt.Morgan@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3319 | 301-858-3319
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3319
Email: todd.morgan@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3289 | 301-858-3289
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3289
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3289
Email: ryan.nawrocki@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3118 | 301-858-3118
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3118
Email: jesse.pippy@house.state.md.us
Phone 410-841-3359 | 301-858-3359
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3359
Email: chris.tomlinson@house.state.md.us
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the Ways and Means Committee members into the BCC section of your email in support of HB1202:
vanessa.atterbeary@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 , Kevin.Hornberger@house.state.md.us, shaneka.henson@house.state.md.us, Bob.Long@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 call the offices of the Ways and Means Committee members in support of HB1202:
There are three ways to submit testimony: written, in-person, and virtual. You can find instructions on how to proceed with giving testimony on HB1202 here.
Please note: You must register to give testimony for HB1202 between 8 AM and 3 PM on Monday, 3/6/23.
Please spread the word! Let’s flood the offices of HB1202 sponsors and the Ways and Means Committee members with polite, respectful, forceful emails and phone calls. They need to hear our voices!
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