BREAKING NEWS: We STILL need you!

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View In Browser POWER2PARENT.ORG Dear Powerful Parents, This morning we received word that the NV Legislative Commission has pulled the department of education's Gender Diverse Regulation from the agenda tomorrow. The legislators heard your concerns and will hear the regulation at the next commission meeting. It is not going away!  IT IS MORE IMPERATIVE THAN EVER THAT WE SHOW UP IN THOUSANDS to back up our concerns with our presence, testimony, and continued emails. They still need to hear from us because it will be up for adoption in the next meeting.  There are REAL PROBLEMS with the PROCESS to which the Gender Diverse regulation AND the Social Studies regulation were crafted. The Nevada Department of Education has circumvented the public/parents/stakeholders for both and with the gender diverse regulation leaned HEAVILY on activist organizations like Gender Justice Nevada. WE MUST TELL THEM THIS TOMORROW! PARENTS & STAKEHOLDERS ARE INFORMED, INVOLVED AND OUR VOICES ARE POWERFUL-WE WON'T BACK DOWN. SOCIAL STUDIES REGULATION STILL ON AGENDA: We are being told that in the Social Studies Regulation, topics aren't being removed like the Pledge of Allegiance, certain holidays, important US dates, etc., HOWEVER, Power2Parent has read all 130+ pages and cannot see that they are not so we still have BIG concerns. We need to question them about the details of the regulation: https://bit.ly/2PPuELv. PLEASE SHARE and call your friends/family, let them know that it's important we show up now more than ever-they are on alert and they know we are! NEW AGENDA: https://bit.ly/2Nm7FpR (click agenda item #4 to see all regs being heard) EMAIL LEGISLATORS NOW: Jason.Frierson@asm.state.nv.us, Teresa.BenitezThompson@asm.state.nv.us, Kelvin.Atkinson@sen.state.nv.us, Moises.Denis@sen.state.nv.us, Patricia.Farley@sen.state.nv.us, Aaron.Ford@sen.state.nv.us, Scott.Hammond@sen.state.nv.us, Ben.Kieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us, Maggie.Carlton@asm.state.nv.us, James.Oscarson@asm.state.nv.us, Keith.Pickard@asm.state.nv.us, Jim.Wheeler@asm.state.nv.us Southern Nevada Location: 9:00 AM-555 E. Washington Ave. in the Grant Sawyer Building next to Cashman Field Northern Nevada Location: 9:00 AM-Carson City located at the Legislative Building, Room 4100, 401 South Carson Street. We look forward to seeing you tomorrow! As always, we rely on donations to continue our work and appreciate those who continue to support our efforts by donating below. Thank you.    Sincerely, Power2Parent          Donate Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Power2Parent, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in changes to the CCSD Sex Ed curriculum and/or parental rights in Nevada unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

CALL TO ACTION: Regulation to Change Social Studies in Nevada

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View In Browser POWER2PARENT.ORG Dear Powerful Parents, As an addendum to our previous email regarding the gender diverse regulation, we wanted to alert you to one more important agenda item (R056-17) up for debate at the Legislative Commission meeting this Thursday, August 30, 2018. Power2Parent has looked at the new Social Studies standards implemented this year, and there are some concerns we wanted to highlight with regard to the new Social Studies curriculum, and the implementation process used by Superintendent Steve Canavero. The Nevada Department of Education (NVDOE) has revamped the Social Studies curriculum standards pursuant to AB234 passed in 2015.  The intent of the law was to add "multicultural education, including, without limitation, information relating to contributions made by men and women from various racial and ethnic backgrounds." As we have looked at the new standards, we are most concerned that the NVDOE has removed any reference to the Pledge of Allegiance, important U.S. holidays, patriotic activities, foundational principles in  U.S. history, geography, economics, civics, memorization of important dates and facts, and appropriate multicultural instruction. The new multiculturalism instruction is more extreme, borderline hostile, and discriminatory toward one general ethnic group. These new standards emphasize a politically charged social justice philosophy and is highly partisan.  Nothing in AB234 requires this type of political slant to be added to Social Studies in Nevada. In addition to the disturbing changes in curriculum, it has come to our attention that  the NVDOE sent out the Social Studies standards to school districts in June 2018. The guiding documents for the new standards were not even finished.  Dr. Canavero directed districts to implement this new curriculum this year before the regulation was written or approved by the Legislative Commission.  The process is corrupt as well. There is so much we can do as parents and educators to instill in our children a love of country, freedom, and a sense of personal responsibility to contribute to the betterment of our nation.  The things that unite our people such as patriotic holidays, understanding the founding values of our nation, and historical greatness of men and women who sacrificed all to leave a legacy of freedom for generations will be lost in our classrooms.  In its place will be a loss of national identity, a departure from our rich history, and political philosophies that divide us along racial and ethnic lines. We urge you to contact these legislators and ask them to revoke these standards that were improperly implemented, and restore important subjects that were removed. Jason.Frierson@asm.state.nv.us, Teresa.BenitezThompson@asm.state.nv.us, Kelvin.Atkinson@sen.state.nv.us, Moises.Denis@sen.state.nv.us, Patricia.Farley@sen.state.nv.us, Aaron.Ford@sen.state.nv.us, Scott.Hammond@sen.state.nv.us, Ben.Kieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us, Maggie.Carlton@asm.state.nv.us, James.Oscarson@asm.state.nv.us, Keith.Pickard@asm.state.nv.us, Jim.Wheeler@asm.state.nv.us The agenda for the meeting can be accessed here: Nevada Legislative Commission Agenda 8/30 (click on agenda item #4 to access all of the regulations up for adoption. This particular regulation is on page 4). We look forward to seeing you on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. As always, we rely on donations to continue our work and appreciate those who continue to support our efforts by donating below. Thank you.    Sincerely, Power2Parent          Donate Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Power2Parent, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in changes to the CCSD Sex Ed curriculum and/or parental rights in Nevada unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences

CALL TO ACTION: State Gender Diverse Meeting 8/30

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View In Browser POWER2PARENT.ORG Dear Powerful Parents, On Thursday August 30th, at 9:00 a.m. there will be an important hearing on a regulation from the Nevada Department of Education. The hearing will take place in Las Vegas at the Grant Sawyer Building located at 555 E. Washington Ave., and in Carson City located at the Legislative Building, Room 4100, 401 South Carson Street. In the 2017 Legislative session, Senate Bill 225 (SB225) was passed in an effort to expand training for employees of school districts.  The training was supposed to include methods on responding to students with learning disabilities, autism, and gender diverse students. Since then, the Nevada Department of Education (NVDOE) has proposed a statewide regulation that goes way beyond the requirements of SB225.  If approved, this policy proposal will require every charter school and school district in Nevada to implement a transgender policy that requires the following:   Open restrooms, locker rooms, and hotel rooms on overnight field trips to members of the opposite sex if they feel they are transgender. Mandate that all students, employees and volunteers use the pronoun chosen by the gender diverse individual including calling a singular person "they," or other "pronouns" like "zie,"  "zir," and "hir." Disciplinary measure must be in place for those who do not use grammatically incorrect pronouns (i.e. "they" referring to a singular person) or a pronoun that does not match the actual gender of an individual. Does not protect children from anti-bullying education curriculum which can teach that  gender is "assigned at birth," is fluid, and is not related to biology.   Privacy concerns in bathrooms, locker rooms and hotel rooms in this proposal are just the beginning.  The NVDOE is asking the Legislative Commission to approve mandated speech with regard to pronouns, essentially forcing everyone to embrace another person's reality, or face disciplinary action.   Senator Parks, (sponsor of SB225) stated the following regarding his bill in the 2017 session: "This regulation simply must be a guiding document for all school districts to provide a safe and respectful learning environment for gender diverse students AND for kids with disabilities and autism. The state needs to show neutrality on the social aspects of this subject." This proposal is not neutral. This regulation, if approved by the committee, will enshrine special carve-outs for transgender individuals at the expense of privacy and free speech rights of students, faculty, and volunteers. It is critical for parents and stakeholders to come to this hearing and tell your representatives how you feel about this issue.  We urge you to also write each of the following members on the committee and ask them not to approve this radical policy for the above reasons. You may copy and paste the following list into one email and send to all at once for your convenience: Jason.Frierson@asm.state.nv.us, Teresa.BenitezThompson@asm.state.nv.us,  Kelvin.Atkinson@sen.state.nv.us, Moises.Denis@sen.state.nv.us,  Patricia.Farley@sen.state.nv.us, Aaron.Ford@sen.state.nv.us, Scott.Hammond@sen.state.nv.us, Ben.Kieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us, Maggie.Carlton@asm.state.nv.us, James.Oscarson@asm.state.nv.us, Keith.Pickard@asm.state.nv.us, Jim.Wheeler@asm.state.nv.us The full NVDOE regulation proposal can be accessed here: NVDOE Transgender Policy The agenda for the meeting can be accessed here: Nevada Legislative Commission Agenda 8/30 We look forward to seeing you on Thursday at 9:00 a.m. As always, we rely on donations to continue our work and appreciate those who continue to support our efforts by donating below. Thank you.    Sincerely, Power2Parent          Donate Share Tweet Forward Copyright © 2018 Power2Parent, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in changes to the CCSD Sex Ed curriculum and/or parental rights in Nevada unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences