Let’s All Say No to Expanded SBHC – What it is and Why!

by | Sep 18, 2024 | Documents, Education, Events, OKGrassroots, Original Content

Back in the 1960’s my parents fought valiantly to block federal aid to education. They were way ahead of their time but it was my first exposure to politics and remains vivid in my memory even though I was in grade school at the time. Clearly they were not successful back then, but they were right! Local control is always best and when you accept federal money there are strings attached. If they seemed minor back then, they have escalated severely in the intervening years.

What is SBHC? It is School-Based Health Care. How do we know they are planning to expand it? They have formed ‘interim studies’ which is often a precursor to telling you how badly you need this thing they are planning to propose! There is good news and bad news there. The good news is we know it is coming and can educate and prepare to defeat it. The bottom line is if schools handle your child’s health care, then you don’t. The additional good news is that Senator Dusty Deevers is planning to introduce legislation blocking and hopefully reducing this nightmare legislation. Deborah Campbell lives in Oklahoma and is a wealth of information on this topic. She is working with Senator Deevers on the proposed legislation and reviewing the interim studies which have occurred.

Action plan

  • Please review the documents and links below for more information.
  • Please write your own 30-90second elevator speech and talk to your representatives and senators about this topic
  • Visit their offices in person or make calls or send emails.
  • Attend a presentation on topic – upcoming event

Resources

The Origin of K-12 School Based Health Clinic or Centers (click here for the full PDF).

Interim Studies and Sample Elevator Speeches (click here for the full PDF).

Sample Handouts – Be sure to add your tagline if you take these door to door! (Click here for the full PDF)

Additional documents and background information are in our Library which include a text document pdf and a slide presentation as well.

No Oklahoma K-12 School-Based Health Centers

Special thanks to Deborah Campbell for all of her research and documentation on this important topic! Please get plugged in and get active to Say No to SBHC!

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