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E L E R T U P D A E L E R T U P D A T E SB101, the Alabama Ahead Act, which terminates the adoption and implementation of the Common Core Standards, has passed the Senate Education Committee and is now in the Rules Committee. The next step in the battle for control of our children’s education is to contact each senator on the Rules Committee and ask them to vote favorably for SB101. Alabama’s homeschooling families can help make a difference, but we must act immediately. Delay in contacting the senators may result in SB101 dying before it reaches the full Senate for voting. The contact information for the Rules Committee members is: Senator Jabo Waggoner, Chair Senator Jim McClendon Phone: 334-242-7892 Phone: 334-242-7898 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Senator Paul Bussman, Vice Chair Senator Arthur Orr Phone: 334-242-7855 Phone: 334-242-7891 Email: [email protected] (No email address) Senator William M. Beasley Senator Lee Trip Pittman Phone: 334-242-7868 Phone: 334-242-7897 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Senator Dick Brewbaker Senator Greg J. Reed Phone: 334-242-7895 Phone: 334-242-7894 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Senator Gerald O. Dial Senator Paul Sanford Phone: 334-242-7874 Phone: 334-242-7867 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Senator Vivian D. Figures Senator Clay Scofield Phone: 334-242-7871 Phone: 334-242-7876 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Senator Rusty Glover Senator Rodger M. Smitherman (Sponsor of SB101 – encourage him!) Phone: 334-242-7870 Phone: 334-242-7886 Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Senator Bill Hightower Senator Phillip W. Williams Phone: 334-242-7882 Phone: 334-242-7857 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Senator Jimmy Holley Phone: 334-242-7845 (No email address) .
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