CITIZEN PETITION to Governor Tim Pawlenty
Opposing Government Ownership of the DNA of Newborn Citizens, and Dissemination of Baby DNA to Genetic Researchers without Consent ....
NO House Early Childhood Bill - Late yesterday, after our last report went out, we found out that because of the deficit, there will be NO funding available for early childhood programs this year.
Chairwoman Nora Slawik cancelled the meeting that is scheduled for today at 2:15 in the basement hearing room.
There will be no intrusive or expensive early childhood policy provisions from the House this year.
That is GOOD NEWS for the hearts and minds of our youngest citizens and for parental autonomy.
The Senate omnibus education bill is still happening at 8:30 AM TODAY.
This bill still contains all of the provisions of concern that we pointed out in our last alert at this point.
We will report on the outcome of that meeting soon.
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arch 18, 2008 .....
ACTION:
Amidst DFL efforts to control the family bank account via historic tax increases, legislative committees have been furiously hearing and passing bills dealing with state control of the raising and education of children from birth through college. This includes expansion of the subjective kindergarten readiness assessment that does de facto mental health screening and falsely labels 50% of Minnesota children as not "ready to learn," and data collection on every aspect of your children's lives from their genetic information to their body mass index.
Part one of this series of reports will deal with early childhood control and assessment.
The Health Insurance Exchange bill will be heard on Monday evening, March 17, 2008. The hearing is likely to be the last opportunity to testify on the proposed Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange.
Sign up quickly to get a place on the testifier list ( email Jenn at
jenn.holcomb@house.mn)
or just plan to attend! Then, please let us at CCHC know you're coming so we can stand together as a unifed group! Your presence and testimony have been very effective in catching the attention of legislators, the authors of the bill...and even the Governor.