Ready, Set, Safe! is pleased to share that the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) has offered its support and recognition of the Alex Gate Safety Act (S. 1682) and its importance in creating standardized safety measures for manual gate systems to help keep children safer wherever they learn and play. Read their letter below thanking Senators John Curtis (R-UT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) for their leadership in introducing the Alex Gate Safety Act.
“Dear Senator Curtis and Senator Klobuchar,
On behalf of the National Parent Teacher Association (National PTA) and our millions of members nationwide, we thank you for your leadership on the Alex Safety Gate Act (S.1682) and urge the swift vote and passage of the legislation in the remaining months of this Congress.
National PTA represents millions of families, students, teachers, administrators, and business and community leaders across all 50 states, Washington D.C., the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and DoDEA schools in Europe. Our members are committed to making every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children.
As the nation's oldest and largest child advocacy association, National PTA has a rich history of advocating for the safety of children and youth. This includes raising awareness of the need for safe recreational equipment and facilities, playground safety, protective sports gear, and school bus safety. Today, we call upon Congress to pass the Alex Gate Safety Act (S.1682), bipartisan legislation that would improve safety standards to prevent deaths and injuries to children caused by faulty, poorly designed, or unmaintained large and vehicular gates. Fencing and gates serve an important purpose in securing schools; however, if a gate is not reinforced or is likely to malfunction, it can pose serious risk to anyone who encounters it.
At PTA, we believe that every child deserves to learn and grow in an environment that is safe. We thank you again for your leadership on the Alex Gate Safety Act (S.1682) and urge a swift vote and passage of this critical legislation in the remaining months of this Congress. Please reach out to our Director of Government Affairs, Kate Clabaugh, at kclabaugh@pta.org if you have any questions, and we look forward to working with you to help make every child’s potential a reality through meaningful federal policy change.”
About the National PTA
PTA is the oldest and largest child advocacy association in America. PTA is comprised of millions of parents, teachers, grandparents, caregivers, foster parents and other caring adults who share a commitment to improving the education, health and safety of all children. Many of the benefits our children receive today, such as universal kindergarten, the National School Lunch Program, and a juvenile justice system, were accomplished as a result of the PTA mission.
