Sera kwa Watu - Machi 10, 2025

 Ikiwa unahusiano na mfumo wa elimu wa Vermont—iwe wewe ni mzazi, mwanafunzi, mlemavu, dereva wa basi, mshauri, mfanyakazi wa chakula cha shule, muuguzi wa shule, EMT, au katika jukumu lolote lingine—unapaswa kulipa UMUHIMU mkubwa kwa muswada huu wa rasimu (DR25-0937) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sQHbSTU1jXnl5TrLKpE0SUtppQPY4Iwc/view.

Lengo Liko Wapi:

Juhudi hii kubwa ya kujaribu kuifanya elimu ya Vermont kuwa na viwango sawa inapendekeza kufanya hivyo kwa kuweka mabadiliko makali kwa mipango ya sasa kama vile “chaguo la shule”. Mabadiliko haya hasa yanawalenga watu wa kipato cha chini na Wavermont wa vijijini. Muhimu zaidi, hii ni juhudi ya haraka ya kufanya mabadiliko kwa mipango ya muda mrefu ambayo imekuwa ikitoa elimu inayofaa kwa miongo mingi.

Kwa Nini Inahusu Wavermont Wote:

Mfumo wa "malipo ya shule" kuanzia chekechea hadi darasa la 8 unafutwa kwa kila mtu katika 802.
Kuongezeka kwa mzigo wa kifedha na kiutawala, hasa kwa wilaya ndogo
Mabadiliko haya ya “kila kitu kimoja” hayazingatii usawa kwa wanafunzi wa kipato cha chini na wengine waliotengwa.
Uwezekano wa kupunguzwa kwa upatikanaji wa elimu kutokana na maswala ya usafiri.

Kwa Nini Hii Inahusu ZAIDI kwa NEK na Wavermont wa Vijijini:

Inapunguza shule za Lyndon Institute, St. Johnsbury Academy, na shule zingine kama hizo kutoka kwa kuandikisha wanafunzi wa sekondari wanaoishi ndani ya umbali wa dakika 75 kwa gari kutoka shule hizo.
Haitawezesha tena shule kama Lyndon Institute kufundisha wanafunzi wanaohudhuria kwa kutumia malipo ya umma. Katika LI, zaidi ya 98% ya wanafunzi wangeathirika. Hii ingepelekea shule nzima kufungwa.
Inapeana ukubwa wa shule wa chini kwa madarasa ya 6-12. Hii inaweza kusababisha kufungwa kwa shule nyingi ndogo katika miji ya Vermont ya vijijini.

Jinsi ya Kuchukua Hatua ya Haraka:

Andika. Wawakilishi wako wa Bunge. Waone hapa: https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/

NA/OR

Andika kwa wanachama wa kamati ambao sasa wanapendekeza muswada huu. Wao ni:

Mwakilishi Peter Conlon - pconlon@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Chris Taylor - cataylor@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Erin Brady - ebrady@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Jana Brown - jbrown@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Joshua Dobrovich - jdobrovich@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Leanne Harple - lharple@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Robert Hunter - rhunter@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Emily Long - elong@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Kate McCann - kmccann@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Beth Quimby - bquimby@leg.state.vt.us

Mwakilishi Casey Toof - ctoof@leg.state.vt.us

Msaidizi wa Kamati Annie Gianni - agianni@leg.state.vt.us

Kwa kumalizia, ikiwa muswada huu utapitishwa katika mfumo wake wa sasa, bila shaka utawaathiri kwa kiasi kikubwa Wavermont wa kipato cha chini, Wavermont wa vijijini, na wanafunzi wowote wanaohudhuria kwa kupitia programu maarufu ya “chaguo la shule” ya serikali.

Kwa kawaida, ningewashauri waandishi wa sheria kubuni upya muswada huu; lakini kutokana na muda wa mwisho wa utambulisho wake, hakuna nafasi kwamba Kamati zetu zinazofanya kazi kwa bidii kwenye Elimu zitaweza kubadilisha muswada huu kwa njia ambayo itakuwa sawa kwa makundi ya watu wasiowakilishwa ambayo tayari nimeyataja.

Tafadhali andika kwa wawakilishi wako leo ili kuwasaidia kuelewa vyema jinsi hili litakavyoathiri maisha yako.

Hii ni Sera kwa Watu.

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