Federal Legislative Update
March 2008
March 14, 2008
March 7, 2008
March 14, 2008
News From Capitol Hill ...
Tell Congress: No more voucher programs!
President Bush’s fiscal year 2009 budget request asks Congress to:
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Create a $300 million national voucher program with the misleading name “Pell Grants for Kids.”
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Convert a successful community grant program to an individual voucher program called “21st Century Opportunity Scholarships.”
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Extend the expensive, unproven District of Columbia “Opportunity Scholarship Program” scheduled to end this September.
Urge your elected representatives to reject all three of the President’s voucher proposals.
Tell Congress to end voucher programs, not expand them as the President has proposed.
March 7, 2008
News From Capitol Hill ...
Tell Congress: Increase Education Funding!
The House and Senate Budget Committees have passed fiscal year 2009 budget resolutions that would substantially increase funding for education and provide fiscal relief for the states.
In contrast, the President’s proposed budget would keep ESEA at current, underfunded levels; eliminate more than 40 education programs; slash the budgets of another 16 programs; and expand the use of vouchers.
The House and Senate budget resolutions are scheduled to move from the committee to the floor next week. Urge your elected representatives to vote for them when they do.
Tell Congress to increase education funding – not cut it as the President has proposed.
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