Support Governor on Veto of Terrible
Health & Human Services Bill Urge Legislators/Governor to keep bad
provisions out of the new bill.
Thank the Governor for his
veto.
Phone: (651) 296-3391 Phone: (800) 657-3717 Fax: (651) 296-2089 E-mail:tim.pawlenty@state.mn.us
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Tell them to keep these provisions
out of the new HHS bill.
Governor Pawlenty is be thanked for his veto of the Health & Human
Services spending bill (SF 2171) that contains some of the worst
provisions in early childhood and mental health. Governor Pawlenty
said that the bill spends too much, almost $10 billion The veto is
welcome. The Governor and legislators continue to need encouragement,
however, to speak out publicly against the policy issues in the
bill that are
a massive
assault on our freedom and our families.
The Vetoed Health and Human Services funding
bill includes:
* Discriminatory Mental Screening of Poor
Children: A pilot program is established that will
psychiatrically screen the children of those receiving benefits through
the Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP), a program for low-income
families. See
"Oppose
Discriminatory Mental Screening of Poor Children!" (March 13,
2007)
* Expanding State Oversight of Families:
Expands home visiting to prenatal; links new parents to numerous
government services which breeds government dependency; expands state
home visits to those "at risk" of going on welfare and to
undefined factors determined by the Commissioner; does not inform parents
about personal data collection during visits and sharing that data with
other agencies. Families are also steered into numerous government
services like preschool and mental health and are not always informed
that their visitor is a mandated child abuse reporter. See
"Home
Visiting Womb to Tomb Control" (February 22, 2007).
*Subsidizing controversial preschool teacher
development program, TEACH (Teacher Education and Compensation
Helps): TEACH requires the radical National Association for
the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) curriculum.
(See EdWatch
update of March 30, 2007.) NAEYC promotes teaching sexuality
issues to young children. (See their
sex ed curriculum from their online store.) NAEYC publishes and
promotes the Anti-Bias Curriculum which discusses gender identity,
anatomy, and gender roles with three year olds. It also discusses
homosexuality, witchcraft, environmentalism, multiculturalism, and
training in political activism. These curricula do nothing to close the
achievement gap.
* Expanding State Oversight of private
"Family, Friends and Neighbors" Child Care: Community
groups are funded to train private child care providers, including aunts
and grandmothers, in the controversial and biased state outcomes
(
Early Child Indicators of Progress).
These outcomes include gender identity training, diversity training,
environmentalism, group identity, and careers. The program steers
providers to child mental screening and referrals. The program links the
private providers to numerous government services which breeds government
dependency. Providers are evaluated on how they comply with the state
defined outcomes and data is collected and stored on them without their
notification. Money is made available to providers to bring their service
into compliance with state outcomes.
A new HHS
funding bill must be presented to the Governor. Please urge the Governor
and your legislators to keep these provisions out of the new bill. The
time is very short. The session is over on Monday, May 21st, and
legislative action after that time will require the Governor's call for a
special session.
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