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Legislation CASHE is currently working on legisation to protect your interests—– Details below!

• Supports the federal legislation which would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to include health education and physical education as core subjects.

Past legislation CASHE has worked on and supported for you

• Advocated for a health education requirement in California
• Worked with the Society for Public Health Education in promotion of National Health Education Week 2010 in securing over 40 proclamations from cities throughout the State encouraging school districts to maintain their current health education course requirements.
• Testified at School Board Meetings regarding the importance of school health education
• Worked on  legislation in relation to enacting the California’s Health Education Standards
• Cosponsored the statewide health framework conferences
• Actively supported the California Smoke-Free Workplace Act (LC 6404.5) through press conferences, letters, phone calls, and testifying

Legislative Action You Can Do NOW

December 23 (10:30 a.m.) Update.
HOLD off on emailing or calling. The Federal Budget has been approved. The budget trimmed funding for the Office of Adolescent Health by about %2; cut DASH by %25; kept abstinence only education funding in the  amount of $5M. More details soon.

IMPORTANT that you do not email or call or e-mail during work hours nor on work phones or computers (do NOT use a school district e-mail account). Do legislative work at home!

BUT for future reference, who is your Representative in Congress? Go to “http://www.house.gov/representatives