I think that for these bills to have any chance of going somewhere is that they will need some sort of corporate sponsorship. Metrication was brought to the US from industry via the government, but for some reason only the large corporations supported it.
It really needs some form of sponsorship by someone with influence. The schools will teach more metric or even metric only when industry tells the schools we need more metric educated citizens. If industry isn’t putting pressure on the schools, they won’t budge. Why can’t pro-metric supporters obtain some form of corporate sponsorship as a means of promotion and education reform? From: Edward Schlesinger Sent: Sunday, 2014-05-18 23:08 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53831] Advice on introducing Bill in CA Hi All, I was thinking about Bills LC44 and HB36 and introducing a similar bill in California. Two focus issues is teaching SI units only in grades K-12. The other is making SI the official system in California which would reinforce learning in class. I would like input for clarifying elements before simitting idea to one or more State Assembly members or Senate members for bill making process in CA. I think there would be more interest if elected representatives knew Hawaii, Oregon and California would be part of a trade block. -- Sincerely, Edward B.
