[Nfbmo] Legislative Update and Action Needed Now

Melissa Smith mdsmith32811 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 25 20:32:54 UTC 2017


Done and thank you for the update.


Melissa Smith

On 2/23/2017 9:43 PM, Shelia Wright via Nfbmo wrote:
> Hello Friends,
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> Just wanted to provide an update on our legislative issues.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Senate Education Committee
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> Senator Gary Romine, 3rd, Chairman
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>   <mailto:Gary.romine at senate.mo.gov> Gary.romine at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Bill Eigel, 23rd, Vice-Chairman
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>   <mailto:Bill.eigel at senate.mo.gov> Bill.eigel at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal, 14th
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>   <mailto:Maria.chappellenadal at senate.mo.gov>
> Maria.chappellenadal at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Ed Emery, 31st
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>   <mailto:Ed.emery at senate.mo.gov> Ed.emery at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Jason Holsman, 7th
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>   <mailto:Jason.holsman at senate.mo.gov> Jason.holsman at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Andrew Koenig, 15th
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>   <mailto:Andrew.koenig at senate.mo.gov> Andrew.koenig at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Doug Libla, 25th
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>   <mailto:Doug.libla at senate.mo.gov> Doug.libla at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Bob Onder, 2nd
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>   <mailto:Bob.onder at senate.mo.gov> Bob.onder at senate.mo.gov
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> Senator Jill Schupp, 24th
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>   <mailto:Jill.schupp at senate.mo.gov> Jill.schupp at senate.mo.gov
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> Thanks,
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> Shelia
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