Today is the final day of the 2013 Georgia General Assembly. This is the last opportunity to make your voice heard! Please help us defeat these bills that will further erode the civil liberties of Georgia's students, immigrants and women!
Stop the Expansion of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
SB 101: This bill would allow school personnel to carry guns in schools, on school buses and at school-related events. It would also permit any licensed person to carry a weapon in the car when dropping off or picking up a student within a school safety zone, at a school function, or on a bus or other transportation furnished by a school. Allowing people to carry weapons on school grounds will likely have the effect of intimidating students, and will shift the school environment from an institution of learning to a prison-like, disciplinary facility. There is no evidence that arming school personnel will promote safety within schools. The ACLU of Georgia believes that any attempt to promote school safety should be based on evidence-based practices. It appears that even the authors of the bill realize that this could actually undermine school safety because the bill seeks to relieve school systems of all liability if an accident occurs as a result of this new policy.
This bill has been sent to Conference Committee so please contact the leadership and tell them to keep guns out of our schools!
Governor Nathan Deal: (404) 656-1776
Lt. Governor Casey Cagle: (404) 656-5030
House Speaker David Ralston: (404) 656-5020
Defeat Anti-Immigrant Provisions in SB 160
SB 160: Please call leadership and ask them to remove all anti-immigrant provisions from SB 160.
Governor Nathan Deal: (404) 656-1776
Lt. Governor Casey Cagle: (404) 656-5030
House Speaker David Ralston: (404) 656-5020
Protect Women's Health
HB 246: Ask Speaker Ralston and your State Representative to oppose the Senate Amendment to HB 246, which denies reproductive health care to women on the state health insurance plan.
House Speaker David Ralston: (404) 656-5020
You can find your State Representative by visiting http://votesmart.org.
Thank you so much for your calls and for your support of the ACLU of Georgia.
Sincerely,
Chad Brock
Staff Attorney/Legislative Counsel
ACLU Foundation of Georgia
