Education Committee<\/a> Monday at 1:30. So far, I don’t see any indication that there are any changes to that bill.<\/p>\nCall to Action:<\/h3>\n
Both committee meetings will be held in the afternoon. That gives you time in the morning to contact all of the lawmakers on each committee to register your concerns and opposition to these dangerous bills. Go to the committee webpages and click on each lawmaker’s link to find their email and phone information. If anyone wants to compile that information for ease of use, please feel free to do so in the comments. I encourage you to highlight the Collier County group’s own opposition statements about evolution and climate change. It would be invaluable to have lawmakers bring them up during the committee meetings as evidence against these awful bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The bad Instructional Materials for K-12 Public Education bills are both seeing action this week. In the Florida House: On Monday at 12:30 the House version (HB 989) will be considered by the\u00c2\u00a0PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee. 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<\/a>In the Florida House:<\/h3>\n