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The following members of Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents’ Board of Directors and Advisory Board have particular experience with legislation requiring or recommending parenting education for children and teens. They will be valuable resources for advocates both within and outside their states.

    California

 

Californians for Parenting Education in Schools (CAPES) works with legislators and educators to further the inclusion of parenting education for children in schools. Coordinator Jane Carney Schulze is a retired University Lecturer in Child Development and Sociology, author and educational consultant.  Contact:

 

Jane Carney Schulze            

4340 Aragon Way

San Diego, CA 92115

             skyprof@aol.com    (Indicate “CAPES” in the subject line of your message.)

 

 

Retired SenatorJohn Vasconcellos has been a longtime vocal proponent of parenting education, who introduced legislation during several sessions. This included comprehensive bills proposing mandatory parenting education for Grades 9-12. (Parenting education for Grades 7-8 is already covered as a recommendation in the California statutes).

Senator John Vasconcellos
SenJohnV@aol.com

  Connecticut

 

 Connecticut Coalition for Parenting Education, about 40 organizations and individuals working toward state legislation to make sure all students receive education in parenting and child development before graduating from high school. As a Wallingford, Connecticut School Board member, Coordinator Joan Message Barbuto was instrumental in making Parenting Education mandatory for all 6th-7th grade students; in addition, about 25% of 8th grade students take an  entire quarter year of parenting education. Joan Barbuto is also a parenting educator, and author of The ABCs of Parenting as well as a graduate thesis, The Need for Mandatory Parenting Education in High Schools, which is available through Prepare Tomorrow’s Parents.

Joan Message Barbuto
136 Ridgeland Circle
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-269-1946(phone)
joanbstone@aol.com

   Michigan

 Former State Representative, Mary B. Schroer, organized a broad-based coalition to draft and support model legislation to add "age-appropriate parenting education for all children in Grades K-12" to the recommended core academic curriculum. She has also chaired the Board of Trustees of the Washtenaw County Community College Board and has been a member of the Washtenaw County School Board Association.

Mary B. Schroer
contact her through info@preparetomorrowsparents.org

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