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RECIPIENTS OF THE ABOVE LETTER
Replies are posted immediately upon receipt.

ALABAMA (Sent to the below-listed AL recipients on June 4, 2009) Dr. Joseph B. Morton, State Superintendent of Education Dr. Eddie R. Johnson, Deputy State Superintendent of Education - REPLY Dr. Tommy Bice, Deputy State Superintendent of Education Feagin Johnson Jr., Assistant State Superintendent of Education Craig Pouncey, Assistant State Superintendent of Education, Division of Administrative and Financial Services Sherrill Parris, Assistant State Superintendent of Education - REPLY ARIZONA (Sent to the below-listed AZ recipients on June 9, 2009) Tom Horne, Superintendent Tom Horne Dr. Vicki Balentine, Member, Board of Education Jacob Moore, Member, Board of Education Jesse Ary, Member, Board of Education Dr. John Haeger, Member, Board of Education Jaime Molera, Member, Board of Education Bonnie Kasey, Member, Board of Education Larry Lucero, Member, Board of Education Anita Mendoza, Member, Board of Education Dr. Karen Nicodemus, Member, Board of Education Cecilia Owen, Member, Board of Education Vance Yanez, Executive Director, Board of Education ARKANSAS (Sent to the below-listed AR recipients on June 15, 2009) Randy Lawson, Chair, Board of Education Dr. Naccaman Williams, Vice Chair, Board of Education Sherry Burrow, Member, Board of Education Jim Cooper, Member, Board of Education Brenda Gullett, Member, Board of Education Samuel Ledbetter, Member, Board of Education Alice Williams Mahony, Member, Board of Education Dr. Ben Mays, Member, Board of Education Diane Tatum, Member, Board of Education Diana Julian, Ed.D., Interim Arkansas Education Commissioner COLORADO (Sent to the below-listed CO recipients on June 22, 2009) Bob Schaffer, Chairman, Board of Education Randy DeHoff , Vice-Chairman, State Board of Education Elaine Gantz Berman, Member, State Board of Education Jane Goff, Member, State Board of Education Peggy Littleton, Member, State Board of Education Marcia Neal, Member, State Board of Education Angelika Schroeder, Member, State Board of Education Dwight Jones, Colorado Commissioner of Education Mary Frances Nevans, Director of State Board Relations FLORIDA (Sent to the below-listed FL recipients on June 27, 2009) T. Willard Fair, Chairman, State Board of Education Peter Boulware, Member, State Board of Education Dr. Akshay Desai, Member, State Board of Education Roberto Martinez, Member, State Board of Education John R. Padget, Member, State Board of Education Kathleen Shanahan, Member, State Board of Education Linda Taylor, Member, State Board of Education Dr. Eric J. Smith, Florida Department of Education, Commissioner - REPLY GEORGIA (Sent to the below-listed GA recipients on June 29, 2009) Kathy Cox, State Superintendent of Schools - REPLY Stephen Pruitt, Chief of Staff, State Department of Education Linda M. Zechmann, Member, State Board of Education Elizabeth J. Ragsdale, Member, State Board of Education William Bradley Bryant, Member, State Board of Education James E. Bostic, Jr., Member, State Board of Education Robert "Buzz" Law, Member, State Board of Education Jose R. Perez, Member, State Board of Education Wanda Barrs, Member, State Board of Education Larry E. Winter, Member, State Board of Education Brian K. Burdette, Member, State Board of Education Albert "Al" Hodge, Member, State Board of Education Allen C. Rice, Member, State Board of Education Mary Sue Murray, Member, State Board of Education IDAHO (Sent to the below-listed ID recipients on June 29, 2009) Tom Luna, State Superintendent of Education Marybeth Flachbart, Deputy Superintendent Milford Terrell, Member, State Board of Education Paul Agidius, President, State Board of Education Richard Westerberg, Vice President, State Board of Education Kenneth Edmunds, Secretary, State Board of Education Rod Lewis, Member State Board of Education Don Soltman, Member State Board of Education Mike Rush, Executive Director, State Board of Education June Boucher, Executive Assistant, State Board of Education Tracie Bent, Planning, Policy & HR Officer, State Board of Education Tamara Baysinger, Charter Commissioner, Prograom Mgr., State Board of Education Aylee Schaefer, Blind/Visually Impaired & Deaf/Hare of Hearling Services TRansition Coord., State Board of Education Selna Grace, Research Analyst/Grant Developer, State Board of Education INDIANA (Sent to the below-listed IN recipients on July 1, 2009) Dr. Tony Bennett, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Gwendolyn Adell, Member, State Board of Education Jo Blacketor, Member, State Board of Education Stephen Gabet, Member, State Board of Education Sarah M. O’Brien, Member, State Board of Education Neil Pickett, Member, State Board of Education Michael Pettibone, Member, State Board of Education Daniel J. Elsener, Member, State Board of Education Vicki Snyder, Member, State Board of Education James D. Edwards, Member, State Board of Education David Shane, Member, State Board of Education Jeffery P. Zaring, State Board Administrator KANSAS (Sent to the below-listed KS recipients on July 2, 2009) Janet Waugh, Chair, State Board of Education Sue Storm, Member, State Board of Education John W. Bacon, Member, State Board of Education Carolyn L. Wims-Campbell, Member, State Board of Education Sally Cauble, Member, State Board of Education Kathy Martin, Member, State Board of Education Kenneth Willard, Member, State Board of Education Dr. Walt Chappell, Member, State Board of Education Jana Shaver, Vice Chair, State Board of Education David T. Dennis, Member, State Board of Education Dr. Alexa Posny, Kansas Commissioner of Education KENTUCKY (Sent to the below-listed KY recipients on July 3, 2009) Kevin Noland, Interim Commissioner, KY Dept. of Education - REPLY C.B. Akins, Member, State Board of Education Kaye Baird, Member, State Board of Education Joe Brothers, Member, State Board of Education Dorothy Z. Combs, Member, State Board of Education - REPLY Jeanne Huber Ferguson, Member, State Board of Education Judy Gibbons, Member, State Board of Education Billy Harper, Member, State Board of Education Doug Hubbard, Member, State Board of Education David K. Karem, Member, State Board of Education Austin W. Moss, Member, State Board of Education Brigitte B. Ramsey, Member, State Board of Education Robert L. King, President CPE (Ex Officio), Council on Postsecondary Education, Member, State Board of Education LOUISIANA (Sent to the below-listed LA recipients on June 5, 2009) Paul G. Pastorek, Superintendent, Department of Education Dale Bayard, 7th BESE District John L. Bennett, Member-at-Large Glenny Lee Buquet, 3rd BESE Penny Dastugue, Member-at-Large James D. Garvey, Jr., 1st BESE District Louella Givens, 2nd BESE District/Secretary-Treasurer Keith Guice, 5th BESE District/President Linda Johnson, 8th BESE District Walter Lee, 4th BESE District/Vice-President Tammie A. McDaniel, Member-at-Large Chas Roemer, 6th BESE District House Education Committee Members James K. Armes Elton M. Aubert Austin Baden Thomas Carmody Stephen F. Carter Billy R. Chandler Charles R. Chaney Herbert B. Dixon - REPLY Hollis Downs John Bel Edwards Rickey Hardy Frank A. Hoffman Walt Leger, III Clifton R. Richardson Harold L. Ritchie Patricia Haynes Smith Major Thibaut MISSISSIPPI (Sent to the below-listed MS recipients on July 5, 2009) John W. Jordan, Ed.D., Interim State Superintendent of Education - REPLY William Harold Jones, Chair, State Board of Education Charles McClelland, Vice-Chair, State Board of Education Sondra Parker Caillavet, Member, State Board of Education Howell "Hal" N. Gage, Member, State Board of Education Dr. O. Wayne Gann, Member, State Board of Education Claude Hartley, Member, State Board of Education Martha "Jackie" Murphy, Member, State Board of Education Rosetta Richard, Member, State Board of Education Dr. David Sistrunk, Member, State Board of Education Dr. Hank M. Bounds, Executive Secretary, State Board of Education MISSOURI (Sent to the below-listed MO recipients on July 6, 2009) Russell V. Thompson, Member, State Board of Education Sybl Slaughter, Member, State Board of Education J. Michael Ponder, Member, State Board of Education Deborah L. Demien, Member, State Board of Education Rev Stan Archie, Member, State Board of Education David Liechtik, President, State Board of Education Peter Herschend, Vice Pres., State Board of Education Chris Nicastro, Commissioner of Education - REPLY Dr. Bert Schulte, Interim Commissioner of Education Jim Morris, Director, Public Information NEW MEXICO (Sent to the below-listed NM recipients on July 7, 2009) Dr. Veronica Garcia, New Mexico Secretary of Education - REPLY Catherine Smith, Chair, Public Education Commission M. Andrew Garrison, Vice Chair, Public Education Commission Millie Pogana, Secretary, Public Education Commission Kathryn E. Krivitzky, Member, Public Education Commission Jeff Carr, Member, Public Education Commission Carolyn Shearman, Member, Public Education Commission Eugene E. Grant, Member, Public Education Commission Vince Bergman, Member, Public Education Commission Mavis V. Price, Member, Public Education Commission Carla Lopez, Member, Public Education Commission NORTH CAROLINA (Sent to the below-listed NC recipients on July 8, 2009) William C. Harrison, Ed.D., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, State Board of Education Paula Hudson Collins, Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Responsible Students, State Board of Education Joan Champagne, Paralegal, Member, State Board of Education Katie Cornetto, Legal Advisor, State Board of Education Jonathan P. Lindberg, Executive Assistant, State Board of Education Loretta Peach-Bunch, Executive Assistant, State Board of Education Chris Minard, Legislative Liason, State Board of Education Janice Hedgepeth, Executive Assistant, State Board of Education Kathy Sullivan, Senior Policy Analyst, State Board of Education Marvin Pittman, Community Liason, State Board of Education Betsy West, Assistant Executive Director/Director of Operations, State Board of Education OHIO (Sent to the below-listed OH recipients on July 8, 2009) John R. Bender, Member, Board of Education Ann H.Womer Benjamin, Member, Board of Education Deborah Cain, Member, Board of Education Michael L. Collins, Member, Board of Education Dannie Greene, Member, Board of Education Jeff Hardin, Member, Board of Education Martha Harris, Member, Board of Education Susan M. Kaverkos, Member, Board of Education Robin C. Hovis, Member, Board of Education Anne E. Jacobs, Member, Board of Education Kristen E. McKinley, Member, Board of Education Stephen M. Millett, Member, Board of Education Mary Rose Oakar, Member, Board of Education Tammy O'Brien, Member, Board of Education Dennis M. Reardon, Member, Board of Education G.R. "Sam" Schloemer, Member, Board of Education Tracey R. Smith, Member, Board of Education Carl Wick, Member, Board of Education Senator Gary Cates Representative Brian G. Williams OKLAHOMA (Sent to the below-listed OK recipients on July 10, 2009) Sandy Garrett, Superintendent Betsy Mabry, Member, Board of Education Tim Gilpin, Member, Board of Education Sue Arnn, Member, Board of Education Debbie Blue, Member, Board of Education Gayle Miles-Scott, Member, Board of Education SOUTH CAROLINA (Sent to the below-listed SC recipients on July 11, 2009) Kristin Maguire, Member, Board of Education Tim Moore, Member, Board of Education Patsy Pye, Member, Board of Education Bonnie Disney, Member, Board of Education Hampton Hubbard, Member, Board of Education Rose Sheheen, Member, Board of Education Al Simpson, Member, Board of Education Libby Swad, Member, Board of Education Charles McKinney, Member, Board of Education Cindy Clark, Member, Board of Education Dr. Lyn Norton, Member, Board of Education Amelia Herlong, Member, Board of Education Trip DuBard, Member, Board of Education Phillip Bowers, Member, Board of Education Dennis Thompson, Jr., Member, Board of Education Gerrita Postlewait, Member, Board of Education Dr. J. Britt Blackwell, Member, Board of Education Dr. Jim Rex, State Superintendent of Education - REPLY Shelly Kelly, Esquire, Deputy General Counsel, Board of Education TENNESSEE (Sent to the below-listed TN recipients on July 11, 2009) Dr. Gary L. Nixon, Executive Director, Tennessee State Board of Education Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission B. Fielding Rolston, Chairman, Board of Educaton Richard Ray, Member, Board of Educaton Vernita B. Justice, Member, Board of Educaton Flavius Barker, Member, Board of Educaton Carolyn Pearre, Vice Chair, Board of Educaton Dr. Jean Anne Rogers, Member, Board of Educaton Jim Ayers, Member, Board of Educaton Dr. Melvin Wright, Sr., Member, Board of Educaton Teresa Sloyan, Member, Board of Educaton Brittni England, Student Member, Board of Educaton TEXAS (Sent to the below-listed TX recipients on July 15, 2009) Robert Scott, Commissioner of Education - REPLY Gail Lowe, Chair, Board of Educaton Lawrence A Allen, Member, Board of Educaton Barbara Cargill, Member, Board of Educaton Ken Mercer, Member, Board of Educaton Geraldine "Tincy" Miller, Member, Board of Educaton David Bradley, Member, Board of Educaton Rick Agosto, Member, Board of Educaton Rene Nuñez, Member, Board of Educaton Bob Craig, Member, Board of Educaton Mavis Knight, Member, Board of Educaton Mary Helen Berlanga, Member, Board of Educaton Patricia Hardy, Member, Board of Educaton Don McLeroy, Member, Board of Educaton WYOMING (Sent to the below-listed WY recipients on July 14, 2009) Bill Anthony, Chair, Board of Educaton Jan Torres, Member, Board of Educaton Pamela Anderson, Member, Board of Educaton Sandy Barton, Member, Board of Educaton Matt Garland, Member, Board of Educaton Larry McGarvin, Member, Board of Educaton Dana Mann-Tavegia, Member, Board of Educaton Jeff Marsh, Member, Board of Educaton Michelle Sullivan, Member, Board of Educaton Jim McBride, State Superintendent of Public Instruction John Shumway, Member, Board of Educaton Mary Kay HIll, Member, Board of Educaton Jennifer Duncan, Member, Board of Educaton Mike Hejtmanek, Member, Board of Educaton