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Edited on Tue May-10-05 02:42 PM by powergirl
I got this email from my kids' school. They go to a Catholic School because the wingnuts around here (I live in Texas) have turned the public schools into bastions of Guns and Jesus freaks. Anyway, the email is copied below. And of course, these people who are so SHOCKED that the president has pledged ZERO FUNDING to leave children behind. They all voted for the bastard! Should I respond? How can I respond without being obnoxious. I have to deal with these people all the time b/c my kids school. Any advice would be appreciated.
Subject: Action Alert - NCLB Title II:D, Title IV, Title V:A Dear Colleagues, The time has come to convey to Congress how much our Catholic schools depend on continued funding for the following programs in No Child Left Behind: Title II:D – Enhancing Education Through Technology Title IV – Safe and Drug-Free Schools Title V:A – Innovative Programs Both Title II:D, and Title IV are ZERO FUNDED in the President's budget request, and Title V:A - Innovative Programs, which was initially cut to almost nothing last year but with your wonderful efforts was restored to $200 million, has been reduced to a proposed $100 million. Currently, both houses of Congress have passed a budget resolution and are now working on the appropriations process within the respective appropriations subcommittees. It is critical that all members of Congress, and especially members of the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittees from both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, hear from their constituents and members of the education community that these programs are vital in continuing to educate all American students in both public and private schools. Please contact your members of Congress by phone, fax, or email and communicate to them that these programs are effective and much-needed within our schools, and that the proposed reductions and eliminations would be harmful to the students who rely upon them. You can find contact information for all Representatives at www.house.gov and for all Senators at www.senate.gov . At this point in the appropriations process, it is especially important to focus on those members of the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees. Those members, along with their states and districts, are listed below. Additionally, you may refer to www.capenet.org for more information. CAPE has recently conducted a survey regarding the effectiveness of these programs in private schools, and those results and the accompanying report can be found there, as well - these reports will also be distributed to all Congressional offices to build support for the programs. Please do not hesitate to contact the USCCB Department of Education at the email addresses below or if you have any other questions. Thank you once again for all of your support. Without your prompt and thorough attention last fall, Title V:A would not have survived, and we hope to achieve similar success this year as well. :banghead:
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