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.