Action Alert: Please Ask Ways and Means Committee Members to SUPPORT HB618 Which Would Establish Protection of Parental Rights in Maryland Law
TEXT OF HB618 – Maryland Parental Rights Act
Requiring that the State Board of Education and county boards of education allow a certain amount of time for certain testimony at public board meetings; prohibiting an employee of a school district from withholding certain information relating to a child’s health or well-being from the child’s parent or guardian; requiring each county board to establish and adopt a certain policy regarding the promotion of parent involvement in the public school system; etc.
why icm SUPPORTS HB618
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Parents have the fundamental right to understand and direct how their children are educated.
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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.
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Parents have the fundamental right to direct and to refuse any medical treatments or interventions which might be administered to students in school settings.
- 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 healthcare administered.
Who to contact about HB618
There will be a hearing for HB618 before the Ways and Means Committee on Thursday, 2/24/22 at 1:00 PM.
URGENT: We’re asking all members to contact bill sponsors Delegate Cox, Delegate Arikan, Delegate Parrott, Delegate Reilly, and Delegate Szeliga, and call and email the members of Ways and Means , to let them know, in your own words, why you support HB618!
Please contact the following bill sponsors to express your support:
410-841-3288 | 301-858-3288
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3288
e-mail: dan.cox@house.state.md.us
410-841-3334 | 301-858-3334
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3334
e-mail: lauren.arikan@house.state.md.us
410-841-3636 | 301-858-3636
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3636
e-mail: neil.parrott@house.state.md.us
410-841-3278 | 301-858-3278
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3278
e-mail: Teresa.Reilly@house.state.md.us
410-841-3698 | 301-858-3698
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3698
e-mail: kathy.szeliga@house.state.md.us
Please copy and paste the following email addresses of the Ways and Means and Judiciary Committee members into the BCC section of your email in support of HB618:
Vanessa.Atterbeary@house.state.md.us, alonzo.washington@house.state.md.us, dalya.attar@house.state.md.us, Darryl.Barnes@house.state.md.us, joseph.boteler@house.state.md.us, chanel.branch@house.state.md.us, Jason.Buckel@house.state.md.us, nick.charles@house.state.md.us, Eric.Ebersole@house.state.md.us, jessica.feldmark@house.state.md.us, mike.griffith@house.state.md.us, michele.guyton@house.state.md.us, wayne.hartman@house.state.md.us, Kevin.Hornberger@house.state.md.us, julian.ivey@house.state.md.us, dana.jones@house.state.md.us, MaryAnn.Lisanti@house.state.md.us, Bob.Long@house.state.md.us, eric.luedtke@house.state.md.us, julie.palakovichcarr@house.state.md.us, Edith.Patterson@house.state.md.us, April.Rose@house.state.md.us, jheanelle.wilkins@house.state.md.us
Please call the offices of the Ways and Means Committee members in support of HB618:
Phone 410-841-3471 | 301-858-3471
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3471
Delegate Alonzo T. Washington
Phone 410-841-3652 | 301-858-3652
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3652
Delegate Dalya Attar
Phone 410-841-3268 | 301-858-3268
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3268
Delegate Darryl Barnes
Phone 410-841-3557 | 301-858-3557
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3557
Delegate Joseph C. Boteler, III
Phone 410-841-3365 | 301-858-3365
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3365
Delegate Chanel Branch
Phone 410-841-3257 | 301-858-3257
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3257
Delegate Jason C. Buckel
Phone 410-841-3404 | 301-858-3404
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3404
Delegate Nick Charles
Phone 410-841-3707 | 301-858-3707
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3707
Delegate Eric Ebersole
Phone 410-841-3328 | 301-858-3328
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3328
Delegate Jessica Feldmark
Phone 410-841-3205 | 301-858-3205
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3205
Delegate Mike Griffith
Phone 410-841-3444 | 301-858-3444
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3444
Delegate Michele Guyton
Phone 410-841-3793 | 301-858-3793
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3793
Delegate Wayne A. Hartman
Phone 410-841-3356 | 301-858-3356
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3356
Delegate Kevin B. Hornberger
Phone 410-841-3284 | 301-858-3284
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3284
Delegate Julian Ivey
Phone 410-841-3326 | 301-858-3326
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3326
Delegate Dana Jones
Phone 410-841-3211 | 301-858-3211
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3211
Delegate Mary Ann Lisanti
Phone 410-841-3331 | 301-858-3331
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3331
Delegate Robert B. Long
Phone 410-841-3458 | 301-858-3458
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3458
Delegate Eric G. Luedtke
Phone 410-841-3110 | 301-858-3110
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3110
Delegate Julie Palakovich Carr
Phone 410-841-3037 | 301-858-3037
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3037
Delegate Edith J. Patterson
Phone 410-841-3247 | 301-858-3247
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3247
Delegate April Rose
Phone 410-841-3070 | 301-858-3070
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3070
Delegate Jheanelle K. Wilkins
Phone 410-841-3493 | 301-858-3493
Toll-free in MD 1-800-492-7122 ext. 3493
Please note: Rules for submitting written and oral testimony have changed this year due to Covid-19 restrictions, and can be viewed here. We’re asking members for phone calls, emails, and written testimony only at this time.
Please spread the word! Let’s flood the offices of HB618 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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