WHAT is NYS SENATE BILL S5846-A?
The bill expands access to education across New York State!
S5846-A ensures all New Yorkers can access higher education by allowing baccalaureate (4-year) degree programs to count as appropriate work activities for women and men receiving public assistance.
WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW:
Call your NYS Senator (Albany) and tell him/her to support S5846-A and that you want the NYS Senate to vote on this bill when they go into session next week. To find your representative call the League of Women Voters for NYC 212-725-3541 or visit http://www.lwvnyc.org/TRY_find.html.
Call NY State Senate Leadership: Senators Espada, Montgomery, Sampson, Smith and Squadron and tell them YOU support S5846-A and that you called your own Senator and are calling them to bring the bill to a vote Next Week. Remind them that the NYS Assembly already passed the bill unanimously in June of 2009.
Here are their Albany Numbers: Sen. Espada- 518-455-3395; Sen. Montgomery- 518-455-3451; Sen. Sampson 518-455-2788; Sen. Smith-518-455-2701; Sen. Squadron 518-455-2625.
ORGANIZE AND MAKE THE CALLS BY Nov 16th, 2009.
Your message: A letter has been sent to your Senator and all the Senators mentioned above. Tell the staff or Senator you speak to that you are looking for them to bring the bill to a vote. Explain that the impact of the bill will be positive and immediate. WRI students: teenagers on their family's welfare budget, young people transitioning from foster care to public assistance, as well as mothers with young children who are trying to change their lives through higher education, will be able to enroll in spring classes at 4 year colleges in NYS for the first time. Tell them you know (highlight your personal experience of higher education and what it means to you) that this modest bill can make a difference for the state, families and every individual who will not have the dream of higher education deferred.
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