Legislation?

I'm hearing more-and-more about "legislation" affecting paras and their training. Does anyone know specifically what the proposed bill will entail? Are we talking about state or federal law? In our district, paras are the last to know anything. Our job responsibilities and functions are more closely guarded than "state secrets" and we are not usually listed on the "need-to-know" ledger. We have less than 25 days left in our school year and we have not been told if we even have jobs for next year. There have been "staff meetings" on the subject of our "changing" roles but we are not invited nor informed. I would welcome legislation that would mandate that we are professionals who should be given some credit for the work we do. We get some trivial training sessions but they are generally of little practical use. Twenty of us in the district were given MANDT training this year...everyone was graduated from the class while less than 20% actually passed the physical testing. These feel-good programs do more harm than good and do nothing for raising our exteem in the eyes of the "certified" staff. Gary Morris (Papillion/Omaha NE)