Re: texas senate education committee

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clarkreid@clearchannel

this is the email from the station that put the ignorant to talk about an

autistic child, please send your opinion to the radio station

thanks

rosie

Subject: texas senate education committee

To: " Autism List " <Texas-Autism-Advocacy >

Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008, 4:55 PM

Hi all—

Just a reminder. . . . .if you have ever vented on this list about issues

with programming for schools, please, please please please please take a

little time to submit your testimony to the Texas Senate Committee on

Education. It was extremely disappointing to see how many families of

children with autism were there even though autism is specifically mentioned

in this charge and THE COMMITTEE WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON

LEGISLATION BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THEY RECEIVE!

Highlights:

You can link to the streaming video to hear Gene Lenz and Clayton

account for themselves as to why Texas was moved to needs improvement. You

can hear Nona Mathews give testimony about how most Texas schools are doing

an ok job. . . . .

And that outta be enough to inspire your fingers to start tapping on the

keyboard. NOW is the time to be submitting your wishlist of what could make

the system better.. . . .The legislators are wanting to hear about

solutions. . . . . .so if you’ve ever been in a meeting and wished X or Y

worked a different way or this rule or that rule were different. . . .NOW is

your time to let your voice be heard.

Here’s a member list of the committee:

HYPERLINK

" http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=80R & C

mteCode=C530 " http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?L

egSess=80R & CmteCode=C530

Here’s a portion of the charge:

Education

Study the effectiveness of public school programs serving special education

students,

including autistic students. Specifically, consider whether special

education services are

adequately preparing students for post-secondary opportunities. The review

should also

include the availability and quality of the supports and services provided

by adult

services agencies for individuals with disabilities. Make recommendations

for improving

public school special education programs and the coordination of adult

education services

among state agencies.

And here is a link to the testimony—both the hearing and written testimony

handed in. Most interesting for you would be to listen to the section where

Gene Lenz and Clayton from TEA are testifying.

You can look at the different written formats people used to state their

position. Mine is under the link of Singleton.

HYPERLINK

" http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c530/handouts08/h062308a.ht

m " http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c530/handouts08/h062308a.h

tm

HYPERLINK

" http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c530/c530.htm#Real " http://w

ww.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/commit/c530/c530.htm#Real

" Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit

from revolutionists and rebels - men and women

who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine.

As their heirs, may we never confuse honest

dissent with disloyal subversion. "

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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