Public Testimony to the New Jersey State Board of Education on SRA February 20, 2008

2008 Legislative Conference Handouts and Presentations

Petitions

Below are petitions that you can send to your legislators

• In-state tuition: to your NJ Legislators & Senator Shirley Turner
  Petition for In-State Tuition
• Dream Act: to your Federal Representatives
  Petition for the Dream Act
• English as a Common Language: to your Federal Representatives
  Petition against English as the Official Language
• Petition re: NCLB

• Dream Act Information      (Get Adobe Reader)
• Write to your Legislator
• Sunset of New Jersey Bilingual Education Administration Code

Government Websites

• New Jersey Legislature
  Click on Find your Legislator under Members on the left side of the page http://www.njleg.state.nj.us
• State of New Jersey
  Official web site http://www.state.nj.us
• New Jersey Department of Education
  News, programs, data, NCLB and other information http://www.state.nj.us/education
• New Jersey Department of Education - Bilingual Education information
  http://www.state.nj.us/njded/bilingual
• New Jersey Department of Education Bilingual Education three-year plan
  http://www.state.nj.us/njded/bilingual/resources/els3year.doc
• No Child Left Behind: New Jersey
  Chief State School Officer, State Education Agency, State Education Committee Leaders, Secretary's Regional Representative, and an evaluation of individual districts http://www.nclb.gov/next/where/newjersey.html
• U.S. Senate Contact site
  http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
• U.S. House Contact site
  http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.html
• U.S. Department of Education
  News, resources, policies, research, priorities, and other information http://www.ed.gov/index.jsp
• NCELA
  National Clearinghouse for English Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
• OELA
  The Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students http://www.ed.gov/offices/OBEMLA
• No Child Left Behind
  Official website – find answers to questions about the NCLB law http://www.nclb.gov

Other Advocacy Websites

• TESOL - U.S. Action Advocacy Center
  http://capwiz.com/tesol
• National Immigration Law Center
  Information on the DREAM Act and In-state Tuition http://www.nilc.org/immlawpolicy/DREAM/index.htm
• New Jersey Immigration Policy Network
  http://www.njipn.org
  NJIPN Report on the challenge of integrating immigrants in New Jersey: Summary   Full Report

If you have any questions, you can contact us by sending e-mail to: webmaster@njtesol-njbe.org.