Advocacy Email - July 19, 2004Subject: International Education Legislative Issue (7/19/2004) To: International Education Advocates UPDATE:In June, members of the Washington State Coalition for International Education submitted a legislative issue to the Washington State PTA. The PTA Legislative Committee has approved our issue and it will next be sent to the Washington State PTA Board for approval. If approved, it will go to the PTA Legislative Assembly in Yakima October 15-16 for debate and voting as a priority issue. Our issue was worded: International Education for All Kids The Washington State PTA shall initiate and/or support... Current Supporters: Organizations:
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ACTION We are now in the process of collecting names of organizations and also PTAs and PTA members who would support this issue. (For PTAs, you'll have to discuss it at a PTA meeting and vote on whether or not to support it as a PTA; however, as an individual you can tell us your PTA affiliation, if you are a current member.) If you are interested in supporting this issue, please email your contact information to action@internationaledwa.org. Get InvolvedTo build strong grassroots advocacy for internationalizing education K-12 (K-20 even!), please invite your friends and colleagues to sign on to the advocacy@internationaledwa.org listserv. To subscribe to the listserv, they can complete the Get Involved Form: http://internationaledwa.org/forms/get_involved.htm. ____________________________________ Washington State Coalition for International Education http://internationaledwa.org/involved/advocacy.htm For questions or to unsubscribe, contact: action@internationaledwa.org |