National Education Association mobilizes against Nelson-Collins

[Enrique]

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0209/Education_groups_mobilize_against_CollinsNelson.html

February 5, 2009
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator:

Investments in education offer an effective approach to stimulating the economy, saving and creating jobs, and shoring up distressed communities. Education funding reaches every community in the nation and is targeted to those areas with the greatest needs. This amendment would significantly reduce funding allocated to these essential purposes thereby jeopardizing the impact of the package in creating and saving jobs and helping struggling communities.

Specifically, the amendment would cut one-half of the funds allocated for:
• The State Stabilization Fund ($39 billion)
• Special education/IDEA ($6.8 billion)
• Title I ($6.5 billion)
• Head Start ($1 billion)
• Teacher Quality grants ($50 million)

These cuts will be seriously undermine the intent of the package to take pressure off state budgets stretched to their limits and infuse critically needed resources immediately into local communities.
We strongly urge you to VOTE NO on the Nelson-Collins amendment.

Sincerely,
Diane Shust Randall Moody
Director of Government Relations Manager of Federal Advocacy

[Enrique]

1. kick

this means us! :bounce:

[mmonk]

2. Inane comments by the righties.

I'm glad the NEA is fighting.