SB 210- Assembly Education Committee
1) Image Description and transcript
2) CAD sample letter to send to Assembly Education Committee
3) List of Assembly Education Committee members’ contact info
IMAGE DESCRIPTION:
CAD Logo- Light blue Circle with dark blue letters CAD inside. Outside of the logo, black letters: “California Association of the Deaf 1906” The subtitles below CAD logo says “CAD’s Update about SB 210 President Julie Rems-Smario”
Julie Rems-Smario appears with title below “SB 210 Update- Assembly Education Committee (she is a white woman with short light brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a black blouse with silver earrings and a silver necklace with red beads and a silver pendant with the design of the sun and the moon. She has a silver cuff on her right hand and a black and gray wrist brace on her left hand but the viewing is reversed so it seems like the left hand has the silver cuff and the right hand has the wrist brace. In the background is a white wall with a white pocket door. Behind Julie is an abstract painting with rustic yellow frame.
“Hello! I have the latest update about SB 210. This bill with go to the Assembly Education Committee on Wednesday, July 15th. It is imperative that this Monday & Tuesday, which is July 13th and 14th, CAD needs your support, which is time sensitive. Send emails and/or call to eight members of Assembly Education Committee, seven are Assembly Members and one is their Assembly Education Committee Assistant, and let them know why this bill is important. It will create accountability during the first 5 years of each Deaf child’s life to ensure they have LANGUAGE ACQUISITION. You can make a difference. This bill will be historical… it was passed by both the Senate Education Committee and the Senate Appropriations Committee. Then this bill also passed on the Senate floor with unanimous voting from all 40 State Senators with their full support for this bill. Now this bill is at the Assembly Education Committee. We need your support ASAP which is this Monday and Tuesday. There is a contact information list to reach out to the Assembly Members on the Assembly Education Committee including their email addresses and phone numbers you can use to contact them. The list is posted below this vlog. Additionally, we posted a sample of CAD’s letter that you copy and tweak as your own to send to the Assembly Members. Thank you for your support. You are the reason why SB 210 has gotten this far. It WILL arrive on the Governor’s desk because of YOU! Thank you very much! (Julie uses the “thumb up” sign).
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SAMPLE LETTER:
Dear (insert Assembly Education Committee member’s name) :
As you know, SB210 passed the Senate floor. On behalf of the California Association of the Deaf (CAD), I urge you to lend support to SB210 and vote for it.
Basically, SB210 requires the state’s Department of Education to assess, monitor, and track the language development of Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children with an IFSP (Individual Family Service Plan) or an IEP (Individual Education Plan). We support SB210 because, currently, a significant proportion of approximately 4,000 Deaf children between of the ages of 0-5 have minimal to no language instruction and arrive at kindergarten with inadequate and delayed language development. This makes it extremely difficult for them to achieve academic success and social and emotional growth. It is time to end this tragic statewide epidemic with accountability.
SB210 enforces language benchmarks in ASL and English during each Deaf and Hard of Hearing child’s first five years to ensure they are on track to be academically and socially ready for Kindergarten. We all support this bill because we want children to be academically and socially ready for Kindergarten at the age of five. Deaf children have the same capability for learning language as their hearing peers BUT they must be provided the support and access they need during the critical period for language development that takes place from infancy through early childhood.
The delays caused by language deprivation are a common problem that is not addressed by the various professionals working with Deaf and hard of hearing infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their families. Language acquisition is a basic human right to ensure that all Deaf babies and toddlers have full access to acquiring a language and experience the same milestones as their hearing peers.
It is a very basic human right taken for granted by those with full access to language. Please support SB210 and provide a healthy access to language development to all Deaf children in California.
Sincerely,
(your name)
ASSEMBLY EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS’ CONTACT INFO:
TOTAL OF EIGHT (8) MEMBERS
Assembly Education Committee Member’s Phone and Email List:
Patrick O’Donnell Chair
Assembly Member Patrick O’Donnell, Chair
State Capitol, Room 4166
Sacramento, California 94249
916 319-2070
Rocky Chavez Vice Chair
Assembly Member Rocky Chavez, Vice Chair
State Capitol, Room 2170
Sacramento, CA 94249
916 319-2076
Christopher.pickard@asm.ca.gov
Young Kim Assembly Member
Young Kim
State Capitol, Room 4177
Sacramento, CA 94249
916 319-2065
Kevin McCarty Assembly Member
Kevin McCarty
State Capitol, Room 2160
Sacramento, CA 94249
916 319-2007
Miguel Santiago Assembly Member
Miguel Santiago
State Capitol, Room 5119
Sacramento, CA 94249 916 319-2053
Tony Thurmond Assembly Member
Tony Thurmond
State Capitol, Room 5150
Sacramento, CA 94249
916 319-2015
Shirley Weber Assembly Member
Shirley Weber
State Capitol, Room 6026
Sacramento, CA 94249 916 319-2079
Tanya Lieberman
Education consultant to the Education Committee
Legislative Office Building, 1020 N Street, Room 159
Sacramento, California 95814
916 319-2087
Tag words: Deaf kids children education language acquisition ASL American Sign Language Early intervention EHDI
