To: The United States House of Representatives
Make Government Work for Our Kids and Teachers
Every child deserves a fair shot in life and that starts with a quality education. Yet some in Congress are proposing to cut $6.9 billion from our schools and our teachers in the next year, affecting over 6 million kids here in California and across the country.
Please oppose these cuts and support early childhood education.
Please oppose these cuts and support early childhood education.
Why is this important?
OUR CHILDREN’S FUTURE AT STAKE
Earlier this year, the sequester cut education funding by $1.7 billion. These cuts are expected to impact up to 1.2 million children, at least 2,700 schools and up to 30,000 staff. The greatest impact of these cuts is to the programs that most directly affect children from communities with the greatest need, limiting access to Early Head Start and Head Start preschool programs, programs for children with disabilities, and funding to schools that serve low-income families.
The sequester’s cuts to the education budget should be reversed. If Congress can come together to stop the sequester cuts that caused flight delays, then they should have no problem doing so when our children’s future is at stake.
As if these cuts weren’t bad enough, the U.S. House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a budget that cuts even more from education – on the scale of $6.9 billion in cuts to our schools, our teachers, and our kids in the next year alone. The Ryan budget will result in 50 million students will have larger class sizes, less individualized attention and support in class, and fewer classroom teachers and aides for students with special needs.
Our future depends on giving all our kids a chance, not robbing them of opportunity. We can’t let John Boehner and Republicans in Congress throw our kids under the school bus.
Our solution is simple: NO MORE EDUCATION CUTS!
Earlier this year, the sequester cut education funding by $1.7 billion. These cuts are expected to impact up to 1.2 million children, at least 2,700 schools and up to 30,000 staff. The greatest impact of these cuts is to the programs that most directly affect children from communities with the greatest need, limiting access to Early Head Start and Head Start preschool programs, programs for children with disabilities, and funding to schools that serve low-income families.
The sequester’s cuts to the education budget should be reversed. If Congress can come together to stop the sequester cuts that caused flight delays, then they should have no problem doing so when our children’s future is at stake.
As if these cuts weren’t bad enough, the U.S. House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) has proposed a budget that cuts even more from education – on the scale of $6.9 billion in cuts to our schools, our teachers, and our kids in the next year alone. The Ryan budget will result in 50 million students will have larger class sizes, less individualized attention and support in class, and fewer classroom teachers and aides for students with special needs.
Our future depends on giving all our kids a chance, not robbing them of opportunity. We can’t let John Boehner and Republicans in Congress throw our kids under the school bus.
Our solution is simple: NO MORE EDUCATION CUTS!