The Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC) is asking for witness slips in support for of a gifted education bill that was just filed. We encourage you to take a couple of minutes and sign a witness slip before Tuesday of next week, February 22nd. Detailed instructions below or see here for more information from IAGC. Please forward this information to others who may be willing to sign this important piece of legislation for all our advanced learners.
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Dear Gifted Education Supporter:
Our first step is that HB5277 must now pass the Illinois House Education Committee this Tuesday, February 22, before it can go to a House floor vote. Illinois has a simple way for you to publicly show your support for the legislation::
HB5277 must now pass the Illinois House Education Committee this Tuesday, February 22, before it can go to a House floor vote. Illinois has a simple way for you to publicly show your support for the legislation::
- Click or copy and paste this link: https://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/139787?committeeHearingId=19146&LegislationId=139787&LegislationDocumentId=175155
- Fill in your name and address information at the top of the page in the IDENTIFICATION section.
- In the REPRESENTATION section, if you are a teacher, gifted coordinator, superintendent, or other school administrator, please identify yourself as your professional role rather than as an IAGC member.
- Scroll down to the POSITION section and click the PROPONENT button for both HB 5277 and the amendment (HCA1) by clicking on “add position.” (HCA 1 will pop up as a choice in a dropdown box for you to select).
- Under the TESTIMONY section, click the RECORD OF APPEARANCE ONLY button.
- Enter in the appropriate "Captcha code," click I AGREE TO ILGA TERMS OF AGREEMENT button, and press the CREATE SLIP button.
- YOU’RE DONE!
