American Solidarity Party of California: Governor Newsom’s Early Childhood Education Proposal
Education, if there are resources to provide it, is a basic right. California has the resources both to provide and improve the education of young children. Governor-elect Newsom pledges to do both. He wants to allocate $1.8 billion, most to be spent this year, for early education programs. His emphasis is on developing kindergarten and prekindergarten classes. In addition, $200 million would go to home visit programs for low income expectant mothers and healthcare screenings for young children. There are opportunities in such programs. There are also dangers. Holly Mitchell, chair of the Senate budget committee, remarks that “How we invest, and how we prioritize that investment is going to be a great conversation for the coming months.” Here are four of our contributions. (1) The conversation should center around local communities and encourage low income people. (2) It should welcome homeschooling parents, the educators that Sacramento “doesn’t get.” (3) The conversation should recognize the right of families to shape the intent and timing of any sex-education curriculum. (4) The conversation must recognize that words mean something. The Bay Area nonprofit Children Now enthuses “What’s exciting is the comprehensiveness of it [Newsom’s proposal], because it’s saying we’re going to focus on prenatal through age 5.” If only that were so. Prenatal care begins with nurturing, not killing, unborn babies. Let the conversation continue.
Hello, is the CA chapter operational? If so where in CA? Where can I find contact info for the chapter? I am new and interested in learning more about the party, specifically in CA. I live in the East Bay around the city of Hayward.