{"id":1546,"date":"2023-03-19T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2023-03-20T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T13:56:57","slug":"literacy-advocacy-calls-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/literacy-advocacy-calls-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Literacy Advocacy Calls Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019re seeing this on Sunday evening, you\u2019re like me and getting ready for the week ahead. And let me tell you, we\u2019ve got a big week ahead when it comes to improving reading outcomes for Illinois students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 21, the Senate Education Committee will hear the Senate version (SB2243) of legislation which would have the State Board of Education create a comprehensive literacy plan. We need to continue growing the momentum surrounding literacy bills in the General Assembly. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/my.ilga.gov\/WitnessSlip\/Create\/147129?committeeHearingId=19949&amp;LegislationId=147129&amp;LegislationDocumentId=183696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The best way for you to do that is to submit a witness slip showing your support!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color-color has-coral-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/my.ilga.gov\/WitnessSlip\/Create\/147129?committeeHearingId=19949&amp;LegislationId=147129&amp;LegislationDocumentId=183696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>SUBMIT YOUR WITNESS SLIP NOW<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Submitting a witness slip in support of this bill is easy! Follow these steps now to make an impact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.ilga.gov\/WitnessSlip\/Create\/147129?committeeHearingId=19949&amp;LegislationId=147129&amp;LegislationDocumentId=183696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click this link<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fill in your information.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For \u201cRepresentation,\u201d you can enter Illinois Early Literacy Coalition, or something like \u201cparent\u201d or \u201cself\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For \u201cPosition,\u201d check \u201cProponent\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For \u201cTestimony,\u201d check \u201cRecord of Appearance Only\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agree to the \u201cTerms of Service.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click \u201cCreate Slip\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope you will share this email with your friends and family and urge them to submit a witness slip before the Tuesday afternoon hearing. Together, let\u2019s show Springfield the deep well of support for improving literacy in Illinois!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve got a big week ahead when it comes to improving reading outcomes for Illinois students!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","color_schema":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,42],"tags":[66,68],"class_list":["post-1546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-early-childhood-literacy","category-legislation","tag-early-childhood-literacy","tag-legislation"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Literacy Advocacy Calls Again! 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