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Frequently Asked Questions About The Children’s Movement of California

What you’ll gain by joining The Children’s Movement

You can help advance the goals of The Children’s Movement by taking action on the Movement’s campaigns.

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	Help Improve CA’s School Finance System Sign on to a letter to California’s legislative leaders in support of a Weighted Student Formula concept.
	Starting Healthy: A Back-to-School Checklist for Parents Post the checklist in your office and share it with other parents that you know.
	Help get the word out about changes to kids’ health programs Distribute the following informational flyers through your networks: schools, churches, community centers, clinics and elsewhere.
	Tell Your Story About Why California Should Invest in Its Youngest Kids Submit a video to the new Invest in California’s Kids YouTube Channel.
	Urge California’s policymakers to pursue an NCLB waiver Tell the Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education that No Child Left Behind sanctions are hurting schools, children.
	Support the 2012 Kids Education Plan Let’s make high-quality schools for all California kids a reality now. Well-respected groups representing various sectors, including business leaders, educators, education reformers, parents and children advocacy organizations are supporting The 2012 Kids Education Plan. Join them.
	Don’t Cut Kids As California’s budget woes continue and the state debates where to cut funding, tell your representatives, “Don’t cut kids.” Supporting children is clearly the best investment the state can make.

	Healthy Kids Are Essential to California’s Success Tell the Governor to enact children’s health legislation.
	Get Unfair Discipline Out of Schools Urge Governor Brown to sign school discipline reform bills.
	We’re One Step from a Children’s Cabinet Urge Governor Brown to Sign AB 823.
	Don’t Sell Children Short Oppose the May Revise budget.
	Stop the Proposal to Change California’s Early Learning Programs Oppose early learning funding cuts and restructuring.
	Why are California’s leaders prioritizing prisons over kids? Tell the state’s policymakers to get their budgeting priorities straight.
	Act Now to Protect Children’s Health Oppose proposed elimination of Healthy Families and transfer of children into Medi-Cal.
	Preserve Smart Investments in Young Children Oppose early learning funding cuts and restructuring.
	Tired of your kids being targeted by unhealthy food advertising? Tell the FTC to release its nutrition standard for food marketing to children.
	Sign on to the joint letter to Gov. Brown by Wednesday, January 4 Please sign on to the joint letter to Governor Brown by Wednesday, January 4, urging him to do what clearly needs to be done: bring everyone together behind a measure that focuses on P-12 education revenue and reform, for kids’ sake.