Besides face-to-face meetings, phone calls are the next best action you can take to let your voice be heard — literally.
Legislators tally every call that’s made, and the more calls made, the better.
Again, your call can be as short- or long-winded as you like.
Sample Call Script
Hello, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
I’m calling to urge Senator or Representative (LAST NAME) to vote in favor of HB 21 (HB 1324, HB 1326, HB 1037/SB 358 – descriptions below) which boosts per-student funding and provides much-needed relief to Recapture districts. HB 21 is a positive step towards the ultimate goal – reforming the entire way public schools are funded. As a member of Parents for Full & Fair Funding of Texas Public Schools, I am counting on Senator/Representative (LAST NAME) to support HB 21.
Thank you for your time and attention.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]
[**LET THE PERSON YOU TALK TO KNOW YOU VOTED FOR THE SENATOR/REPRESENTATIVE (if you did)]
Elimination of Homestead Exemption Penalty
HB 1324 (Reps. Thompson & Murphy)
Pre-K enrollment – inclusion of full-day Pre-K student attendance in determining weighted average daily attendance. HB 1326 (Rep. Thompson)
Transportation Reimbursement for Chapter 41 Districts
HB 1037 – (Rep. Capriglione)
SB 358 — Sen. Watson
**HB 21 — Huberty | Zerwas | Turner | King, Ken | Dutton**
Increases the Basic Allotment from $5,140 to $5,350 per student, each year of the biennium by:
- Creating new transportation funding at $125 per student through the basic allotment that benefits charters and allows districts that pay recapture to fully access state transportation dollars for the first time,
- Including funding for the High School Allotment, Including funding for Additional State Aid for Non-Professional Staff.
Lowers Recapture at a rate of:
- Approximately $163 million in 2018, and approximately $192 million in 2019.
- Creates a Hardship Provision Grant that provides assistance for those districts experiencing a hardship due to the expiration of ASATR.
- Adds a 0.1 Weight for Students with Dyslexia that with help approximately 154,000 students identified with dyslexia, in the 2016-2017 school year.
- Repeals a Hold Harmless for school districts identified as Chapter 41 in 1993.