Federal Legislative Update

May 9, 2008

News From Capitol Hill ...

Tell Congress: include rural schools in supplemental appropriations bill!

If the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act is allowed to expire:

• More than 4,400 rural schools in 800 forest counties in 42 states will face severe budget shortfalls.
• Many rural schools in forest counties will cut back or eliminate essential educational services - some may even be forced to shut down.
• Tens of thousands of county and school employees will lose their jobs, straining the already fragile economies of these rural areas to the breaking point.

Urge your elected representative to include funding for rural schools in the supplemental appropriations bill now moving through Congress.

Contact your representatives in Congress TODAY!

Tell Congress that access to great public schools is a basic right for rural kids, just as it is for city kids.