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DBC Newsblast - January 2012 #3
Sunday, 29 January 2012

URGENT - URGENT - URGENT

House Bill 1367 in Indiana is just the start of special interest groups, such as Hear Indiana, a chapter of AGBell, going after Deaf Schools and their outreach abilities. We need to stop this.

Call and e-mail to OPPOSE HB 1367. Use the list below to send your e-mails to legislators. A script to use:

Dear House of Representatives,

I OPPOSE HB 1367. Please vote NO...

  • HB 1367 guts Early Intervention and Deaf Education Outreach from a proven NON-Biased, NEUTRAL Outreach center run by highly qualified, professional staff well versed in Deaf education... which is housed on the campus of ISD and replaces it with an unknown center manned by unknown people in an unknown location with unknown funding.
  • HB 1367 gives the Office of Management and Budget complete ultimate authority on all the details of this unknown center. OMB knows NOTHING about Deaf Education. This bill isn't about Deaf children falling through the cracks, parent choice or neutrality...this bill is about OMB's non-transparent agenda to gain full control of ISD's funds and full control over how children are served in Indiana through Outreach.
    • Peter Miller did a school audit on ISD last July and came out with a one-paragraph finding that Outreach needed to be revamped. There is NO official OMB report with data to justify such a move.
    • There is no ACCURATE fiscal analysis therefore giving OMB full reign to decide where to take the money from or come up with the money to fund such a center. This new center will cost millions. No details are available.

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Learn about the bill at http://1.usa.gov/wLy5TD.

More information is available at www.iadhoosiers.org.


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DBC Newsblast - January #2: URGENT FOR INDIANA FAMILIES
Saturday, 21 January 2012

If you are an Indiana resident, please contact your legislators to OPPOSE HB 1367 today! Following is the link to the bill information and the contact information for the Education Committee that it has been assigned to.

Learn about the bill at: http://1.usa.gov/wLy5TD.

More information at www.iadhoosiers.org.


CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW! YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE…

List of Legislators: http://www.in.gov/cgi-bin/legislative/contact/contact.pl.

HB 1367, authored by Representative Cindy Noe (R) and supported by “Hear Indiana” seeks to take Outreach Services away from ISD and centralize it in a government-run agency called the Center for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Education. The funding will ultimately be taken from ISD and transferred into this Center. ISD will have no management of it, no say in it, yet it will ultimately be funded by ISD. This bill is fiscally irresponsible and seeks to duplicate services without a legislative study on how it is to be set up, where it will be housed, who will run it, how will staff be hired, and the exact costs and fiscal impact of such services. Deaf and Hard of Hearing children and their families in Indiana deserve outreach services to remain at ISD where established professionals in Deaf education, audiology, assessment, early intervention, and parent support can assist them with all their needs.

It is time to say no to legislation that is created FOR US, WITHOUT US! It is time to say no to legislation that PITS PARENTS AGAINST PARENTS!

Tell your legislators NO to HB 1367!


Sample Letter

Dear Rep./Sen.______________________,

I am writing for your support in OPPOSING HB 1367. This piece of legislation is designed to dismantle an excellent source of Professional Outreach to Indiana parents who have Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children and place that outreach in the hands of unknown players. The Indiana School for the Deaf is one of the top schools in the nation and their Outreach Services are up-to-date and top caliber when it comes to professional services for families of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children.

This bill along with the Office of Management and Budget's recent study on ISD is a work of pressure from Hear Indiana, a chapter of Alexander Bell Association. AGBell Association is strictly an oral organization that does not support bilingual education through American Sign Language and English. In fact it prohibits the use of sign language in its educational therapies. Their limited view on educating Deaf and Hard of Hearing children is outdated and not comprehensive of all the communication options available for families in Indiana.

HB 1367 is vague and fiscally irresponsible. It pits parents against parents. It is being rushed through without a legislative study or even an accurate cost analysis. Indiana is struggling as it is and trying to recreate the wheel is an unnecessary waste of time and taxpayer dollars.

Sincerely,

Name, Address and Phone Number or Email


House Committee on Education Contacts:

Call them and leave a message with their legislative assistant to register your opposition to HB 1367. Leave your name, address, and email, phone number with them. You can tell them you are Deaf and/or a parent of a Deaf child who attends the Indiana School for the Deaf.

This is something you can do NOW. Tell all your friends and family to do the same.

Mailing address is:
Name of Representative and 200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204 (this is slow)

Members of the Education Committee

Republicans:

Robert Behning, Chair (He will schedule the committee meetings. The Education Committee typically meets on Mondays according to his legislative aide.)
317-232-9981
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Rhonda Rhoads Vice Chair
317-234-3827
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Kathy Heuer
317-232-9647
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Timothy Brown
317-232-9798
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Edward Clere
317-232-9648
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David Frizzell
317-232-9981
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Cindy Noe
317-232-9678 (She is the author of this bill.)
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Jeffrey Thompson
317-232-9793
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Democrats:

Gregory Porter, Ranking Minority Member
317-232-9739
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Vernon Smith
317-232-9798
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David Cheatham
317-234-9708
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Rochelle VanDenburgh
317-232-9784
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Clyde Kersey
317-232-9780
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Coming Up: Bilingual Education Consortium
Friday, 13 January 2012

Reminder: Summit III Coming Soon

The National American Sign Language and English Bilingual Consortium for Early Childhood Education is coming up!

Visit http://bilingualece.org for more information.

Summit III The Path to Bilingualism: The Child and Family
March 16-17, 2012
Statewide Programs for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf Blind
630 E. Chestnut Hill Road
Newark, DE 19713
 
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