[Nfbmo] Legislative Update and Action Needed Now

Shelia Wright sbwright95 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 24 03:43:44 UTC 2017


Hello Friends,

Just wanted to provide an update on our legislative issues. 

 

On Tuesday there was a hearing for SB 362 on the use of the National Reading
Media Assessment for determining present and future reading and writing
needs of blind students. Senator Hummel presented the bill and Kathy Hurley
and I testified in support of the bill. There was a brief testimony in
support of the bill from the Special Education Administrators. There was
testimony in opposition to the bill by a lawyer representing several
Optometrist and optometric associations.

 

Below is a list of the Senators who serve on the Education Committee. Please
contact them and urge them to support SB 362. While the bill does not have
valid and reliable in the text as we had hoped, it does require the NRMA or
a research base  assessment to be used in determining whether braille,
print, or print and braille should be used if educators believe braille is
not appropriate. 

 

The committee meets on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon. It is possible they would
vote on the bill this Tuesday, February 28. Please take a few moments to
contact these senators.

 

You can call the Missouri State Information Switchboard at 573-751-2000 and
they will connect you to any of these senators offices. The email addresses
are included in the list below.

 

Senate Education Committee

 

Senator Gary Romine, 3rd, Chairman   

 <mailto:Gary.romine at senate.mo.gov> Gary.romine at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Bill Eigel, 23rd, Vice-Chairman   

 <mailto:Bill.eigel at senate.mo.gov> Bill.eigel at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, 14th   

 <mailto:Maria.chappellenadal at senate.mo.gov>
Maria.chappellenadal at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Ed Emery, 31st   

 <mailto:Ed.emery at senate.mo.gov> Ed.emery at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Jason Holsman, 7th   

 <mailto:Jason.holsman at senate.mo.gov> Jason.holsman at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Andrew Koenig, 15th  

 <mailto:Andrew.koenig at senate.mo.gov> Andrew.koenig at senate.mo.gov

 

 

Senator Doug Libla, 25th   

 <mailto:Doug.libla at senate.mo.gov> Doug.libla at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Bob Onder, 2nd   

 <mailto:Bob.onder at senate.mo.gov> Bob.onder at senate.mo.gov

 

Senator Jill Schupp, 24th  

 <mailto:Jill.schupp at senate.mo.gov> Jill.schupp at senate.mo.gov

 

 

.  

 

 

Thanks,

Shelia

 




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