Have you ever talked to your senator? It’s a good day to let your senator as well as all of the members of the senate education committee know what you think about HB 130, the private pre-K voucher co-authored by Allen Vaught.

Tell them you have some questions about HB 130 that you would like answered by members of the Senate Education Committee today.

1. Why is there over $8K per child in funding written into this bill? (Remember, my kid is doing great in her pre-K for only $1400/year.)

2. Why are the same people who fought SB 1000, which would have allowed the money to follow children with autism to an appropriate education, so giddy to throw way too much cash at this private pre-K voucher?

3. Why don’t they want children with autism to have access to the same benefits of a quality education?

Here are email links and phone numbers for each committee member – calling is better, because they are all backlogged on emails.

Senator Shapiro: http://www.shapiro.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0108

Senator Patrick: http://www.patrick.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0107

Senator Averitt: http://www.averitt.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (817) 573-9622

Senator Davis: http://www.davis.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0110

Senator Gallegos: http://www.gallegos.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0106

Senator Ogden: http://www.ogden.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0105

Senator Van de Putte: http://www.vandeputte.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0126

Senator West: http://www.west.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0123

Senator Williams: http://www.williams.senate.state.tx.us/ Phone (512) 463-0104

Hopefully we can prevent this latest Allen Vaught nightmare from ever occurring.

(PS. Senator Carona, For some reason you helped author this mess yet you’d planned to oppose SB 1000 because public money could go to private schools….  When are the Republicans going to take away your R? )