[NFBMO] Legislative Update and Action Needed

[Roger Crome]

Thank you Randy

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> On Mar 16, 2018, at 9:18 PM, Randy C via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Roger, I have added this information to the Legislative Affairs section of
> the webpage.
> 
> Thanks for all of your hard work on these issues.
> 
> Randy Carmack
> NFBMO.org Website Administrator
> randycarmack at gmail.com
> 
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 7:43 PM, Roger Crome via NFBMO <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> Good evening everyone:
>> SB 681, the National Media Reading Assessment Bill, has passed through the
>> Missouri Senate and is on its way to the House.  A significant  part of the
>> legislation is setting the standard at a minimum of using the National
>> Media Reading Assessment.  Unfortunately, the version which has passed the
>> Senate and is on its way to the House does not include the National Media
>> Reading Assessment.  This potentially weakens the effectiveness of the bill
>> bhy leaving the determination of research based in the hands of the
>> educators that have ignored the necessity of Braille for far too long.
>> 
>> Your advocacy is needed, and it is a delicate balance.  We need the
>> committee to understand that SB 681, as it stands, is not good enough.  We
>> need an amendment to the bill that includes language that dictates that the
>> minimum standard to be used for a reading assessment should be the National
>> Media Reading Assessment that, at this time, is the only standardized
>> method of determining the most effective method of reading to learn.  The
>> delicate part of this balance is to assertively state that, without the
>> National Media Reading Assessment included, we do not feel it will do any
>> good.  It is imperative for them to add an amendment including the National
>> Media Reading Assessment.  Progress is being made, and we do not want to
>> stop the train, but we also do not want a bill to pass that does nothing to
>> enhance the literacy of blind children.
>> 
>> Below is the contact information for the committee that will be
>> considering SB 681.  Please right a personal note or call the members and
>> encourage them to add in the National Media Reading Assessment.
>> 
>> Missouri House of Representatives
>> Elementary & Secondary Education
>> 
>> Kathryn Swan - Chair (r)
>> Kathryn.swan at house.mo.gov<mailto:Kathryn.swan at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-1443
>> 
>> Rebecca Roeber - Vice Chair (r)
>> Rebecca.roeber at house.mo.gov<mailto:Rebecca.roeber at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-1456
>> 
>> Judy Morgan (D)
>> Judy.morgan at house.mo.gov<mailto:Judy.morgan at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-4485
>> 
>> Ira Anders (D)
>> Ira.anders at house.mo.gov<mailto:Ira.anders at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-5701
>> 
>> Kurt Bahr (r)
>> Kurt.bahr at house.mo.gov<mailto:Kurt.bahr at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-9768
>> 
>> Gretchen Bangert (D)
>> Gretchen.bangert at house.mo.gov<mailto:Gretchen.bangert at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-5365
>> 
>> Jay Barnes (r)
>> Jay.barnes at house.mo.gov<mailto:Jay.barnes at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-2412
>> 
>> Chuck Basy (r)
>> Charles.basye at house.mo.gov<mailto:Charles.basye at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-1501
>> 
>> Ingrid Burnett (D)
>> Ingrid.burnett at house.mo.gov<mailto:Ingrid.burnett at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-3310
>> 
>> Shamed Dogan (r)
>> Shamed.dogan at house.mo.gov<mailto:Shamed.dogan at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-4392
>> 
>> Mark Matthiesen (r)
>> Mark.matthiesen at house.mo.gov<mailto:Mark.matthiesen at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-4163
>> 
>> Bryan Spencer (r)
>> Bryan.spencer at house.mo.gov<mailto:Bryan.spencer at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-1460
>> 
>> David Wood (r)
>> David.wood at house.mo.gov<mailto:David.wood at house.mo.gov>
>> 573-751-2077
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Committee Contact: Janet Land
>> 573-751-1443
>> 
>> Thank you for all of your hard work.
>> 
>> Roger Crome
>> NFB of Missouri
>> Governmental Affairs Chair
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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