[epalmer]

That is sad. In the us it is easy to lobby congress and the senate. It takes coordination and determination. Whether they listen is another story. But my daughter's cause is something that both sides of the isle care about.

Writing the state bill turned out to be easier than we would have thought but it took a lot of presentations and having the right people listening the presentations. She actually had surprising cooperation from a democratic state chairwoman of education and a republican state senator.

The cause is funding for afterschool STEM competitions for disadvantaged schools.

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB246