{"id":1571,"date":"2023-04-15T23:08:16","date_gmt":"2023-04-15T23:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/?p=1571"},"modified":"2023-04-17T23:15:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T23:15:49","slug":"time-to-fight-for-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/illinois\/our-stories\/time-to-fight-for-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Fight for Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The legislative spring break is drawing to a close, so members of the General Assembly return to Springfield next week for the 5-week sprint to the end of session. Next week also brings another chance to fight for improving reading outcomes in Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The House is holding a committee hearing on Wednesday, April 19 for SB2243, a bill to create a statewide literacy plan at the State Board of Education. That means we need to rev up the advocacy machine and show the committee the deep support behind this bill.<\/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=20126&amp;LegislationId=147129&amp;LegislationDocumentId=183696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Send Your Witness Slip<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sending a witness slip to the committee is the surest way to show your support for this bill. Last time we had over 300 witness slips \u2013 let\u2019s run up the score and get even more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow these straightforward steps to submit your witness slip:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.ilga.gov\/WitnessSlip\/Create\/147129?committeeHearingId=20126&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>Thank you for taking a stand for Illinois readers. Be sure to share this email with your friends and family and ask them to submit a witness slip ahead of the April 19 hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need to rev up the advocacy machine and show the committee the deep support behind this bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":638,"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-1571","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) - 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