Petition & Cover Letter from LU to Legislators
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A Focus Day 2009 Resource for Local Units
Send this Petition from Your Local Unit to Your Legislators!
Hello PTA Presidents, Legislative Chairs and/or Secretaries: Please join fellow Washington State PTA local units in support of our advocacy event for WSPTA’s Top 5 Legislative Issues - Focus Day 2009 on February 26! Delivering this petition and cover-letter from your board is an easy, direct communication with your legislators – whether or not you attend Focus Day.
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A 3-Step Action-Item for Your Local Unit:
1) Introduce a Motion at your next Local Unit or Council Board Meeting. Here is some suggest- ed language you may use:
Shall Our PTSA Unit Name Board of Directors endorse the completion and mailing of a petition and cover letter in support of Focus Day 2009, voluntarily signed by us and members?
Your motion requires a “second” and a majority vote to pass. After passage, go to step 2.
2) Circulate the attached petition for members to sign ASAP. Make sure each signer in- cludes their address and phone number – legislators require clear identification of their constituents (print as many of this doc’s 3rd page as needed). Do it now at the meeting!
3) Copy and mail all pages to your legislators. Make 2 copies of the cover letter (if you wish, edit it to be directly from your Exec. Board and to each legislator by name) and each signa- ture page - mail the original to your Senator and a copy each to your two Representatives; your Secretary may file with the Minutes a blank w/o signatures. Find your legislators and addresses at this link http://apps.leg.wa.gov/DistrictFinder/Default.aspx)
Your Local Unit’s petition WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE in this legislative session!
Thank you!
WSPTA Focus Day 2009 Co-Chair Volunteers Byron Shutz & Shelley Kloba [email protected] [email protected]
WSPTA Focus Day: WSPTA Advocacy: www.wastatepta.org/leg/session_09.htm www.wastatepta.org/legislation.htm WSPTA CapWiz Center: WSPTA’s ECBEF - capwiz.com/npta2/wa/home/ www.wastatepta.org/leg/funding.htm WSPTA Regions: WA Legislature: www.leg.wa.gov/legislature www.wastatepta.org/regions/regions.htm Focus Day Committee 2009 Washington State PTA 2003 65th Avenue West, Tacoma, Washington 98466 253-565-2153 - [email protected]
January, 2009
Dear Honorable Washington State Legislator,
Attached is a petition with signatures from your individual constituents associated with their WSPTA local unit (the original signatures are sent to the district’s Senator).
On February 26th advocates from across the state are traveling to Olympia for the member-hosted event, WSPTA Focus Day 2009, a public rally on the Capitol steps.
In addition to inviting you to join us on the Capitol steps for a 12:00 noon rally on our #1 issue of Basic Education Funding and the work of SB5627 Basic Education Finance Joint Task Force, your constituents wish to express their endorsement and support for each WSPTA’s Top 5 Legislative Issues: 2) Strengthen Math & Science Curriculum, 3) WASL Improvements, 4) Support Core 24, and 5) Support Rational Teacher Compensation.
The petition signers are specifically asking you to vote in favor of legislation in the 2009 Legislative Session that earnestly pursues the mandate of the Basic Education Finance Joint Task Force SB 5627 to review the definition of Basic Education, develop options for a new funding structure and all necessary formulas, and propose a new definition of basic education that is realigned with the new expectations of the state's education system.
Thank you for all you do on behalf of all constituents and communities of Washington State.
Sincerely,
Byron Shutz & Shelley Kloba
Byron Shutz and Shelley Kloba WSPTA Focus Day 2009 Co-Chair Volunteers [email protected] [email protected] Leg. District 48 Leg. District 45 Redmond, WA Kirkland, WA 425-301-6386 425-823-9732
WSPTA Focus Day: www.wastatepta.org/leg/session_09.htm WSPTA Advocacy: www.wastatepta.org/legislation.htm WSPTA’s Ed Committee on Basic Ed Finance - www.wastatepta.org/leg/funding.htm Focus Day 2009 Local Voices
Local PTA Unit Name and City: ______
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Our School District: ______
Our Legislative District Number(s): ______We joined WSPTA to be members of the largest child advocacy organization in WA. By volunteering, we create substantial changes benefiting our schools and communities, well beyond our own local influence. With our undersigned endorsements, we: Endorse and support advocacy for WSPTA’s Top 5 Legislative Issues: 1) Basic Education Funding, 2) Strengthen Math & Science Curriculum, 3) WASL Improvements, 4) Support Core 24, and 5) Support Rational Teacher Compensation. Ask our legislators to vote in favor of legislation in the 2009 Legislative Session that earnestly pursues the mandate of the Basic Education Finance Joint Task Force SB 5627 to review the definition of Basic Education, develop options for a new funding structure and all necessary formulas, and propose a new definition of basic education that is realigned with the new expectations of the state’s education system.
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