Legislative Action Alert - April 9 - Education Omnibus Bill

As you may know Representative Sondra Erickson is the Republican Lead of the House Education Policy Committee. According to Representative Erickson’s legislative aide, the status of HF 1414-“Comprehensive Sex Education.” is that the bill has been rolled into HF 2400-Education Finance Omnibus Bill, to be voted on and sent on to the Senate. The legislative aide said that no further action is planned for the Omnibus Bill, but she also added that the House could bring it up for a vote at any time after April 9.

The problem that each of us needs to address as soon as possible is twofold:

First, the bill advances the DFL’s campaign to completely strip away the right of local communities to control their own Public Schools, by centralizing both funding and curriculum in the hands of the State of Minnesota Department of Education.

And secondly, the bill redefines “Sex Education” to include not just how the human body works to reproduce itself, but a comprehensive and Progressive code of conduct and behavior, almost entirely written by Planned Parenthood and radical LBGTQ groups.

Please look at these links and respond as you think proper:

CLICK HERE to read the text of the bill, HF1414

CLICK HERE to read and view more from the Child Protection League regarding the bill’s origination, authors and content

CLICK HERE to review additional information on the Child Protection League’s website

We’ve included a list of relevant State Legislators below (Updated May 7 with Conference Committee) should you wish to write or call one or more legislators to voice your opposition to HF 1414 and HF 2400.

In closing, if you decide to express your opinion to these legislators, you don’t need to compose a different email for each representative or senator. We’ve found that sending out an email to all of the members of one committee as a kind of email blitz works just as well. However, each member of the committee should receive a copy of the email; don’t just send an email to the Committee Chair or Republican Lead.

Thank you very much.

May 7 UPDATE - Conference Committee Members:

The Conference Committee members from the House are James T. Davnie (DFL, SE Minneapolis), Cheryl Youakim (DFL, Hopkins & St. Louis Park), Dave Pinto (DFL, Highland Park), Julie Sandstede,(DFL, Hibbing) and Dean Urdahl (R, Grove City). The Senate members are Carla Nelson (R, Rochester/SD26) John Jasinski (R,Faribault/SD24), Bill Weber (R, Luverne/SD22), Justin Eichorn (R, Grand Rapids/SD05), and Charles Wiger (DFL, Maplewood/SD43)

Jim Davnie (63A, DFL) Phone: 651-296-0173
E-mail: [email protected]

Cheryl Youakim (46B, DFL) Phone: 651-296-9889
E-mail: [email protected]

Dave Pinto (64B, DFL) Phone:651-296-4199
E-mail: [email protected]

Julie Sandstede (06A, DFL) Phone: 651-296-0172
E-mail: [email protected]

Dean Urdahl (18A, R) Phone:651-296-4344
E-mail: [email protected]

Carla J. Nelson, District 26, (R) Phone: 651-296-4848
E-Mail: [email protected]

Bill Weber District 22, (R) Phone: 651-296-5650
E-Mail: [email protected]

Justin Eichorn, District 05, (R) Phone: 651-296-7079

John Jasinski, District 24, (R) Phone: 651-296-0284

Charles Wiger, District 43, (DFL) Phone: 651-296-6820

Republican Members of House Education Policy Committee

Sondra Erickson (R) District: 15A Phone: 651-296-6746