SHALL CAL-MOAA SUPPORT THIS LEGISLATION?

The California State Commanders Veterans Council (CSCVC) has been asked to support this bill. CAL-MOAA is a member of that group. Please send positions on the bill to warren@cal-moaa.org prior to April 1st.

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Assemblyman Smyth is asking the CSCVC if it would like to support their bill, AB 2238. See attached background sheet and article. Please let Bill Manes know if you support.

In a nutshell; a liberal, activist judge denied a foster kid’s request to join the Marines under the delayed entry program because she is against the war. It pretty much screwed the kid out of one of the few opportunities that foster children have. The kid is the sponsor of the bill via Assemblyman Smyth’s “Write your own Bill”
program for youth.

Dana Nichol
Pete Conaty and Associates

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Can you please check with some of your clients to see if they would be interested in AB 2238, which has to so with foster children and the delayed enlistment program in the military. Attached is the background sheet on the bill.

Ryan Flanigan
Legislative Director
Assemblyman Cameron Smyth
(916) 319-2038

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AB 2238 (SMYTH)
Foster care Military Bill

Background:

AB 2238 will allow for foster children, of 17 years or older who reside in the state, to enter into the delayed entry program into the military or to immediately enlist in the active military, with the consent of his or her foster parent or social worker.

What is the Delayed Entry Program?

This is a program in which you enlist in the military now and delay starting your training for up to 365 days. According the Army the delayed entry program is a great option for students that still have to finish high school. You have to be at least 17 in order to be part of the program and you need permission from a parent.

This bill was selected as winner of the “Write a Bill Challenge” for local high school students.

A young man named Shawn Sage (who is a foster child) tried to get into the delayed entry program and was not allowed to due to the fact that the judge from the children’s court did not give him permission to join.

Submitted By: Pete Conaty & Associates/Dana Nichol

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