Please read the following items and respond by contacting your senator or representative with your viewpoint. It is important to let him or her know your viewpoint as one of the professionals who has direct contact with the young people who need the information and as an educator who teaches the curriculum.
The www.michigan.gov website has a connection to the legislature and phone and email contact information for your district. Also, local contact information is included on the site to make face to face communication easier. You will also find the full documentation and information on how far along the bills are in the legislative process on that website (use the URL provided for assistance).
Brought to you by: Cynthia Simmons, FCSEM Legislative Rep, csimmons@almaschools.net
Updated Bills or Resolutions
HB 4807 of 2011 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2 01 1-HB-4 807
Education; curricula; age appropriate, medically accurate, and objective sexuality education; provide for. Amends secs. 1169, 1507 & 1507b of 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1169 et seq.).
Last Action: 6/28/2011 printed bill filed 06/24/2011
HB 4809 of 2011 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2 01 1-HB-4 809
Health; other; emergency contraceptive education act; create. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding pt. 98.