[NFBC-Info] Thanks for AB-947

[Shannon Dillon]

Hi Everyone,

Please distribute this notice with the subject line "Thanks for
AB-947".  Please do not forward this email.

It's very important that we acknowledge the tremendous contribution of
the Assembly Member who got our new law through to signing.  We hope
to re-approach the legislature in another year to push for an ECC
mandate in California, and we will need an author for that bill.
Please help show Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva that we honor and
appreciate her efforts to help our children.  Thanks!

WRITE TO SAY “THANKS”!

Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva authored
AB-947
CALIFORNIA’S NEW ECC/O&M bill:
"Visually impaired pupils: expanded core curriculum"
California Education Code, Chapter 778,  Sections 56353 and 56354
Effective January 1, 2020

Assembly Member Quirk-Silva deserves our heartfelt thanks.
Please help your students write and send thank-you letters through the
US mail to her office:

Capitol Office:
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva
65th Assembly District
State Capitol, Room 6012
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0065

District Office:
Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva
65th Assembly District
1440 N. Harbor Boulevard, Suite 270
Fullerton, CA 92835

Include:
•	Personal stories of success
•	Handwritten letters
•	Interlined Braille
•	Parents, TVIs, O&Ms and administrators:  please write also
SAMPLE LETTER FROM YOUNG STUDENTS:

Dear Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva,
I am a student in the ___ grade.  Thank you for your hard work on
AB-947.  The new law will help me learn how to _________.  It is very
important to me.  Please keep helping us children in California.

Sincerely,


SAMPLE LETTER FROM OTHERS:

Dear Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva,

I am a (student in the ____ grade/parent of a blind/visually impaired
child, Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Orientation & Mobility
Specialist, etc).  I am writing to express my sincere thanks for
authoring AB-947 and for all your hard work in getting it signed into
law.  This law,  "Visually impaired pupils: expanded core curriculum",
will help blind and visually impaired students throughout California
get the specialized education they need to prepare for adult life.
This is critically important to me/my child/our children/our family.
It benefits communities throughout California, and it showcases
California as a model for other states.

Thank you so much for your support!

Sincerely,

-- 
SHANNON L. DILLON
Secretary and Legislative Coordinator
National Federation of the Blind
of California
The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and
friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind.
Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they
want.
www.nfbcal.org