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SB 1 Braun’s property tax bill. ACTION ALERT Oppose taking property tax from public schools. In committee 3/19.

SB 287 Partisan school boards. Oppose. Candidates must be nominated by party like any other political candidate. ACTION ALERT Passed out of committee. Second reading 3/17.

SB 289 Anti DEI in education and business. Oppose. ACTION ALERT

SB 403 Charter Requirements. Support. Holds charters accountable. https://indianacoalitionforpubliced.org/blog/.

SB 442 Instruction Concerning Human Sexuality.Oppose. ACTION ALERT

SB 518 Sharing property tax with charters. Oppose. ACTION ALERT

SB 523 School Chaplains. Oppose. ACTION ALERT

HOUSE BILLS in the SENATE

HB 1001 School Funding Bill. Oppose. 2% increase has been proposed for public school which does not even cover inflation. Virtual schools fully covered and Vouchers have not income cap. Action Network Message will be posted soon.

HB 1002 Expansive omni-bill. Oppose. ACTION ALERT Reduces charter schools accountability. Removes most of the requirements for the secretary of education.

HB 1348 Nonaccredited nonpublic school.Oppose. ACTION ALERT Recognizes a diploma issued by a nonaccredited nonpublic school as equal to a public school accreditation. Committee hearing 3/17.

HB 1515 Education and higher education matter. Oppose. This bill was not on the original list but the Senate Education Committee added an amendment we oppose. Action Network Message will be posted soon. Committee hearing 3/17.

SENATE BILLS in the HOUSE

SB 10 Voter registration. Oppose. ACTION ALERT Invalidates university student IDs for voting; Removes voters from rolls if they have not voted in the two consecutive general elections. Discussed in Committee 3/12 but did not hold a vote.

SB 137 Voter registration. Oppose. BMV required to notify Indiana Election Division (IED) if anyone uses temporary credentials.

SB 287 PartisanSchool board. Oppose. ACTION ALERT Candidate for school board must be nominated in the same manner as other candidates. Passed out of committee. Second reading 3/17

SB 450 Article V convention. Oppose. ACTION ALERT SB 450 outlines Indiana’s self-imposed rules for an Article V Convention.

SJ 21 US Congressional term limits. Oppose. ACTION ALERT It’s tough to oppose term limits but the motivation behind this bill is to have enough states sign on to US Congressional term limits, a Constitutional Convention will be required to amend the Constitution. Passed out of Committee. Second reading 3/12.

HOUSE BILLS IN THE SENATE

HB 1679 Various Elections Matter. Oppose. Action Network Message will be posted soon.

HB 1680Election Security. Oppose. ACTION ALERT Expands rights of partisan poll watchers.

HB 1681Local public questions. Oppose. Restricts local public questions or referendums to a general election.

U.S House of Representatives--SAVE Act: Requires citizens to present documentary proof of their citizenship to register or re-register federal elections. ACTION ALERT

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ACTION ALERT SB 2: Medicaid Matters OPPOSE This bill limits the HIP2.0 portion of the IN Medicaid program to only 500,000 members, leaving more than 200,000 Hoosiers without healthcare access. It requiresall Indiana Medicaid recipientsto workor volunteera minimum of 20 hours a week, potentially putting Hoosiers facing employment barriers at risk. Itprohibits marketing for Medicaid and its programs, which is essential to ensuring that Hoosiers are aware of these services. This bill is now in the House Committee on Public Health.

ACTION ALERT SB 289: Nondiscrimination in employment and educationOPPOSE Establishes prohibitions and requirements on state agencies, state educational institutions, and health profession licensing boards. This bill is now in the House Judiciary Committee, with no hearing yet.

ACTION ALERT HB 1042:Feminine Hygiene Exemption from state tax sales. SUPPORT Adding adult diapers and feminine hygiene products as tax-exempt items will support an essential healthcare need. The bill didn't get action in the House, but urge your Senator to incorporate it into a Senate bill.

Pam Locker, Bri Glidden, Joanne Evers, Amy Mickschl, and Betsy Kachmar
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Polish-born Roza Robota was put to work in the Birkenau camp at Auschwitz, sorting the clothing and belongings of the murdered. She’d been a resistance fighter and a member of the underground before Auschwitz and that continued inside its fences. Roza connected with the Polish Underground networks among the prisoners. Many of these efforts within the camp were small-scale, such as the pilfering of extra food or comfort items. Others, however, had larger goals.

Roza’s post was near the crematoriums where smoke poured from smokestacks as those chosen for death were gassed, stripped, burned, and disposed. The men who worked the required machines were called the Sonderkommandos, “special commando unit,” themselves prisoners, often Jewish, given the command to help or be killed themselves.

The work of the Sonderkommando was horrific; this is true. What is also true is that some attempted to fight back. And when the men of the Sonderkommando of Auschwitz’s Crematorium IV began planning for the 1944 Revolt at Auschwitz, they reached out to Roza Robota.Well-connected Roza enlisted the help of three women: Regina Safirsztajn, Ester Wajcblum, and Ala Gertner. In 1944 they risked their safety and their lives to help destroy a factory of death.