June 2023
Dear Child Protection League Friends,
Child Protection League actively fundraises twice a year with a mailed letter highlighting our work, activities, goals, things to watch for and future objectives. Those who receive it consistently find it an extremely effective summary of our work, and something they wish to share with others.
However, [Read More]
May 12, 2023
On January 17, 2023, Governor Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flannagan announced they were going to “make Minnesota the best state in the country for kids to grow up.”
Four months later, let’s review the legislation that has been passed or proposed which directly impacts children in Minnesota. As it [Read More]
April 20, 2023
Find your legislator and contact information: Who represents me? (Senate, House)
The omnibus Public Safety & Judicial funding bill, SF 2909, Article 3, Section 32, Subd. [Read More]
January 19, 2023
Note: The MN House is moving quickly on this wildly unpopular legislation. The MN House rushed it to a vote today and it is still going through committees in the Senate. Please contact your legislators now!
The newly minted Minnesota Legislature has signaled its priorities by their first order of business. HF1 and SF1 will enshrine [Read More]
December 6, 2022
The Administrative Law Judge has reviewed the PELSB public hearing and released his report on the proposed teacher licensing standards.
Judge Mortenson approved all but three of the contentious proposed teacher licensing standards. His ruling made only cosmetic changes to the proposed standards and essentially approved [Read More]
November 15, 2022
Remember who we are. Remember our history.
| ”THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the [Read More] |
October 27, 2022
The National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) report is out and it’s a bombshell. America’s 4th and 8th grade scores in reading and math were the largest drops ever recorded since the first NAEP report went nationwide in 1992.
NAEP places all the blame for the destructive results (especially in our most vulnerable populations), on the draconian lock-down [Read More]
October 27, 2022
On October 18th, Administrative Law Judge Jim Mortenson extended the deadline for his ruling on the proposed teacher licensing standards to November 23, 2022, prolonging his decision well beyond the November 8th election.
In its October 21st announcement of the changed deadline, the Teacher Licensing Board (PELSB) stated that the judge’s report “will detail whether all or some of [Read More]
October 17, 2022
See below for background information and suggestions for comments.
“This is a crucial decision. Not only will it put [Read More]
October 4, 2022
We are grateful for the outpouring of opposition to what the Walz administration is attempting to impose on our schools. The process is very likely being extended past the election, so that voters won’t take out their outrage at the ballot box. It’s too late for that. We see what state government is doing its best to impose [Read More]