MACC Telephone Call Template for the ESEA Reauthorization

Please use the following as a guide and keep your calls short and to the point. You will most likely talk to an aid.   Offer to provide detailed documentation for the legislator if they are interested and someone to meet with them at their convenience.   If you need further information to give to your Congressman, please let us know.

“Hello, this is _____________, and I’m very concerned about the recent passage of the ESEA reauthorization out of the House Education and Workforce Committee.   I am a voter in the Minnesota Congressional District # _____ and I object to the Common Core State Standards being dictated by the Federal Government.  No where within House Resolution 5, the Student Success Act,  is any mention made of an exit of the Common Core Standards reform package.”

“What is ______________’s  position on this?” (If against Common…