Elizabeth Alvarez, MS, CCC-SLP

[Mike Hoerger, PhD MSCR MBA @michael_hoerger]

Op ed calls for air quality monitors in every public school classroom in Illinois.

The supporting bill awaits a vote in the IL State House.

(link in next)

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

🎉 🎉 🎉 🎈 🎈 🎉 🎉 🎉

Our Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill (HB4739) PASSED THE IL HOUSE TODAY!

This bill (which provides air quality monitors to IL classrooms) now heads to the Senate!

Big thanks to @replilly78 as well as @laurafaverdias & @Hanson4Illinois

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

🚨 🚨 IT’S HAPPENING! 🚨 🚨

From IL? Our Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill (HB 4739) will have a hearing in the House’s Education Policy Committee on March 25th at 8:00 am. We need WITNESS SLIPS!

Follow this link. See images for more info.

https://t.co/3VKqpGs8JE

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

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TAKE ACTION TODAY!
We expect our Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill (now HB429) to be called for a vote on the IL House floor TODAY (4/11)!

Pls tag your *state* rep & ask them to co-sponsor/vote YES! Call their Springfield office w/ the script below!

[Clean Air Club @Clean_Air_Club_]

Action item: Call your IL State Rep today to get air purifiers in all Illinois schools!

Here's how to find your state rep: https://t.co/8YKKcwafqR

[JC R WHIT @JC99WHIT]

“I’m a fast healer…”

Also, Trump explains that it only hit the “lobe” as he touches the top of his ear.

#Trump #TrumpPressConference

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

👏 👏 👏
This is what we like to see! A bipartisan effort to improve air quality in schools.

Thank you, @RepBrianFitz and @RepPaulTonko!

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

While we’ve been focused on state legislation w/ our Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill, we also have our eyes on what’s happening at the FEDERAL level. Pls call your congressperson-ask them to co-sponsor/support the bipartisan Indoor Air Quality & Healthy Schools Act.

[💜joyfulnoyz 😷 #COVIDIsntOver ✊🏾 @joyfulnoyz]

.@IllinoisAir @CTULocal1 @iftaft @ILRaiseYourHand @il_fps @shevotesil @BPNCchicago @NEAToday @ilenviro etc want HB3713 IL Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools to pass this veto session 🙏🏾! #twill @DonHarmonIL @LLCoolK_4 @SierraClubIL @RespHealth @Clean_Air_Club_ @AWangMPH

[Liesl McConchie @LieslMcConchie]

There's so much more to unpack, especially relating to students with disabilities & developing school-wide plans.

What else do you wish the new @CDC guidance for schools included?

My question for the @CDC - how will you be ensuring all schools get this information?

[Liesl McConchie @LieslMcConchie]

Today @CDC issued new guidance for preventing spread of infections in schools.

Another assignment turned in 4+ years too late.

Here are my 🔟 highlights (👍) and lowlights (👎) from this new guidance.
(In no particular order)
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[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

The ILGA’s legislative session ends soon & HB3713 is sitting in Assignments in the Senate (passed the House a YEAR ago). The bill will die if we don’t get assigned to a committee ASAP. Please “quote” this & explain why this bill matters to YOU. From IL? TAG your STATE Senator.

[JC R WHIT @JC99WHIT]

HB3713 matters to me, b/c:

-Both of my kids have enviro allergies.

-I have a lung condition that worsens when my kids bring home illnesses from school.

-There’s mounting evidence that clean air = ⬇️ absences, ⬆️ test scores, ⬆️ attention, etc. for school kids.
@SenatorLaura

[💜joyfulnoyz 😷 #COVIDIsntOver ✊🏾 @joyfulnoyz]

.@senpetersil Pls help move HB3713 to pass the Senate this Spring to make school air safer to breathe asap! 🙏🏾 #twill @iftaft @CTULocal1 @il_fps @BPNCchicago @ilenviro @SierraClubIL @ELPCenter @il_gnd @shevotesil @SEIUhciimk @GKMC18 @IndivChi_South @Alliance4Comm @replilly78

[JC R WHIT @JC99WHIT]

@SenatorLaura pls support HB3713! Only ~14% of classrooms in IL public schools meet MINIMUM ventilation code requirements. Help us remove allergens, pollutants, mold & pathogens from the air.
⬇️ illness
⬇️ asthma exacerbations
⬆️ test scores
⬆️ cog. function
⬆️ attendance

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

Are you from IL? Is your STATE Senator a co-sponsor for the Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill? To call their office, here’s a script.

We passed the IL House but still need to pass the Senate!

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

Are you from IL? Is your STATE Senator a co-sponsor for the Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill? Already passed the House. Still need to pass the Senate. Pls like/repost/quote. Tag your STATE Senator. To call their office see script in post below. Not from IL? Pls repost

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

Are you from IL? Is your STATE Senator a co-sponsor for the Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill? To call their office, here’s a script.

We passed the IL House but still need to pass the Senate!

[Illinois Stakeholders for Air Quality in Schools @IllinoisAir]

Are you from IL? Is your STATE Senator a co-sponsor for the Clean Air for Healthy Equitable Schools bill? Already passed the House. Still need to pass the Senate. Pls like/repost/quote. Tag your STATE Senator. To call their office see script in post below. Not from IL? Pls repost

[Clean Air Club @Clean_Air_Club_]

⏱️Time to bully your IL state senator!

There are 58 IL senators and only 9 sponsoring this essential legislation from @IllinoisAir that would clean the air in all IL schools.

Children are an oppressed class, the education system is part of that system, and they deserve better.