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March 16, 2007
Tell Congress to Provide the Resources
Necessary for Great Public Schools
Congress has begun work on the Congressional
Budget Resolution for fiscal year 2008 - the blueprint for how federal
funds will be spent in the coming year. The Budget Resolution represents
the first step in ensuring that our nation's public schools will have the
supports necessary to succeed.
Funding increases for proven but
underfunded programs like Title I, IDEA special education, and Pell Grants
are needed to help states, local school districts and higher education
institutions meet the demands of increasing enrollments and higher levels
of accountability.
The Senate Budget Committee—part of the pro-public education Congress
you
helped elect last year—has already taken a major step in the right
direction. This week, the Committee rejected cuts proposed by President
Bush and, instead, approved a budget that provides $6.1 billion more for
education programs than requested by the President.
CONTACT YOUR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS
Tell your Senators and Representative to provide the
resources necessary to ensure great public schools for every child.
Reminder: How Connected Are We?
Several weeks ago, we asked you to send us
information about any personal connection you might have with any Member(s)
of the U.S. House of Representatives or United States Senate. NEA is compiling this information
so that we can ask for your help when we need to convince particular
Members of Congress to support NEA's legislative agenda. Thank you to the
hundreds of cyberlobbyists who have already responded to our request!
If you have not already
done so,
please E-mail NEA at edinsider@nea.org if you have a
personal connection with any Members of Congress. Please be sure to provide
the Member's name and state, your name and contact information, and a brief
description of how you know the Member.
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