AB1772 - Mandatory Kindergarten
Effectively Lowering School Entry Age

Update May 9, 2012

Status: The Assembly Appropriations Committee decided on May 2nd to postpone the final committee vote on AB 1772 until near the end of May.  We will keep you updated as further information becomes available.  Please be alert, as we may need your help again in the near future.

AB 2203 - 5 Year-Old Compulsory Education
Update May 4, 2012

Status: New Hearing date set for Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in California State Assembly Appropriations Committee.

AB2109 - Vaccination Waiver Threatened
Attack On Parental Rights! (update May 4, 2012)

Status: Passed Assembly Appropriations – On Assembly Floor for a vote this coming week (May 7-11).

AB1772 - Mandatory Kindergarten
Effectively Lowering School Entry Age

Update April 20, 2012

AB 1772 passed the Assembly Education Committee on April 18th.  The bill is now in the Assembly Appropriations Committee waiting to be assigned a hearing date.  Please be watching for our next Alert, as we will need your help in the near future.

AB 2203 - 5 Year-Old Compulsory Education
Update April 18, 2012

Status: AB 2203 passed the Assembly Education Committee on April 11th. Although the committee made some minor amendments to AB 2203, our position is that no amendments will help. The bill is now in the Assembly Appropriations Committee waiting to be assigned a hearing date. We will keep you updated as further information becomes available.

Vaccinations
Helping or Hurting Kids?

According to a case report filed with federal health officials and obtained by the New York Times last year, “a 6-year-old girl from Colorado received flu-Mist, a Flu vaccine ....  And about a week later she ‘became weak with multiple episodes of falling to the ground’ and ‘difficulty walking.’ ...  The girl grew weak, feverish and ‘became more limp, appears sleepy, acts as if drunk,’ the report said.”