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Lizeth Galvan’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee

Mar 21, 2023 0 1 min read
Lizeth Galvan’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee
Watch my testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee from March 16 in the video below. After you watch, join me and take action today by emailing key legislative leaders. TELL LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTERS SERVE A MORE DIVERSE, HIGHER-NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION COMPARED TO MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS. Ask lawmakers to […]

Mary Bova’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee

Mar 21, 2023 0 1 min read
Mary Bova’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee
Watch my testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee from March 16 in the video below. After you watch, join me and take action today by emailing key legislative leaders. TELL LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTERS SERVE A MORE DIVERSE, HIGHER-NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION COMPARED TO MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS. Ask lawmakers to […]

Dontia Dyson’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee

Mar 21, 2023 0 1 min read
Dontia Dyson’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee
Watch my testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee from March 16 in the video below. After you watch, join me and take action today by emailing key legislative leaders. TELL LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTERS SERVE A MORE DIVERSE, HIGHER-NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION COMPARED TO MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS. Ask lawmakers to […]

Support more funding for ELL students like me

Mar 15, 2023 0 2 min read
Support more funding for ELL students like me
I am a senior at GEO next generation which is a charter school on the East side of Indianapolis. I am also an English Language Learning (ELL) student and I hope to see funding for ELL students like me increased this year during the budget session. ACT NOW. When I was in 3rd grade, I […]

Fair funding for schools like the one my children attend

Mar 9, 2023 0 1 min read
Fair funding for schools like the one my children attend
My English is not perfect, but I have been trying hard to learn so I can support my kids that are English Language Learners (ELL)  and go to a charter school. Because my children attend a charter school in Indianapolis, I am advocating for schools like the one they attend to be funded fairly. Children […]

Too many Indiana kids cannot read. This bill can help.

Mar 2, 2023 0 3 min read
Too many Indiana kids cannot read. This bill can help.
I support House Bill 1558. Because I am a reader and my children are readers and even my grandchildren are readers. I did not initially think Indiana was facing a literacy crisis. But then I began to volunteer with my church. And in asking elementary through middle school students in my Sunday school class to […]

Lizeth Galvan’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee

Mar 21, 2023 0 1 min read
Lizeth Galvan’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee
Watch my testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee from March 16 in the video below. After you watch, join me and take action today by emailing key legislative leaders. TELL LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTERS SERVE A MORE DIVERSE, HIGHER-NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION COMPARED TO MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS. Ask lawmakers to […]

Mary Bova’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee

Mar 21, 2023 0 1 min read
Mary Bova’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee
Watch my testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee from March 16 in the video below. After you watch, join me and take action today by emailing key legislative leaders. TELL LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTERS SERVE A MORE DIVERSE, HIGHER-NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION COMPARED TO MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS. Ask lawmakers to […]

Dontia Dyson’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee

Mar 21, 2023 0 1 min read
Dontia Dyson’s testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee
Watch my testimony to the School Funding Subcommittee from March 16 in the video below. After you watch, join me and take action today by emailing key legislative leaders. TELL LAWMAKERS TO CLOSE THE GAP IN FUNDING FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS CHARTERS SERVE A MORE DIVERSE, HIGHER-NEEDS STUDENT POPULATION COMPARED TO MANY TRADITIONAL DISTRICTS. Ask lawmakers to […]

Support more funding for ELL students like me

Mar 15, 2023 0 2 min read
Support more funding for ELL students like me
I am a senior at GEO next generation which is a charter school on the East side of Indianapolis. I am also an English Language Learning (ELL) student and I hope to see funding for ELL students like me increased this year during the budget session. ACT NOW. When I was in 3rd grade, I […]

Fair funding for schools like the one my children attend

Mar 9, 2023 0 1 min read
Fair funding for schools like the one my children attend
My English is not perfect, but I have been trying hard to learn so I can support my kids that are English Language Learners (ELL)  and go to a charter school. Because my children attend a charter school in Indianapolis, I am advocating for schools like the one they attend to be funded fairly. Children […]

Too many Indiana kids cannot read. This bill can help.

Mar 2, 2023 0 3 min read
Too many Indiana kids cannot read. This bill can help.
I support House Bill 1558. Because I am a reader and my children are readers and even my grandchildren are readers. I did not initially think Indiana was facing a literacy crisis. But then I began to volunteer with my church. And in asking elementary through middle school students in my Sunday school class to […]
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