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Wednesday, February 15th, 2012

Stand with Alabama Educators!

Once again, the Republican Super-majority in the Alabama House of Representatives is up to no good.

Tomorrow, House Republicans will bring up House Bill 159. On the surface, HB-159 looks harmless enough - and that's just what House Republicans want you to think.

Don't be fooled. HB-159 is a proposed constitutional amendment that will allow Republicans to divert money, otherwise designated for the Education Trust Fund, into a slush fund under the guise of "job creation" incentives. This Republican slush fund, however, would give millions to some of our state's biggest corporations without requiring them to create a single job.

Find your Representative by your zip code and ask them to vote no on HB-159.

An internal memo from House Republicans says it all: "[the bill would] divert from state coffers an unlimited amount of income taxes that would otherwise be deposited into the Education Trust Fund."

We've lost thousands of teachers. Countless students are going without textbooks. Class sizes are going up. House Republicans can think again if they're going to try to do anymore damage our public schools!

Contact your Representative right now. Tell them to stand with public schools and vote no on HB-159. If they're already with us, thank them for doing the right thing.

Call now!