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Tell Your Members of Congress to Invest in Family Engagement!
Dear Public Education Advocate,

Right now, Congress is debating what federal programs to fund next year. Make sure they know you demand funds to increase family engagement in public education.

Send a letter to your members of Congress TODAY urging them to fund Statewide Family Engagement Centers (SFECs) at $10 million in fiscal year 2018.

Time is running out, so we have made it easy for you to make your voice heard and increase family engagement funding. All you need to do is click on the “Take Action” button below to send a letter to your members of Congress.

Thank you for your continued support for family engagement in education,

National PTA Government Affairs Team

Tell Your Members of Congress to Invest in Family Engagement!

STOP Cuts to Classrooms Campaign Extended to December

Dear PTA Leaders,

The deadline to fund the federal government was extended to December 8, 2018. Therefore, National PTA has decided to extend our #STOPCutsToClassrooms campaign to December 8 to continue to spread our message and advocate for greater federal investments in public education.

PTA members nationwide made their voices heard through social media to #STOPCutsToClassrooms from July through September amounting to millions of shared posts to raise awareness of the critical  need to invest in federal education programs. As Congress is still working to fund the government for next year, we too still have a job to do as PTA advocates to ensure every child receives a quality education and reaches their full potential.

So we are asking every state PTA, local unit and PTA member to get involved in the #STOPCutsToClassrooms campaign again by participating in Funding Fridays on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms. Attached is an updated social media toolkit with specific tweets and posts you can use each Friday from November 3 to December 1.

Sample Social Media Posts for November 3 

Twitter

  • Tell your friends to send a letter to Congress TODAY requesting to #STOPCutsToClassrooms & invest in education https://goo.gl/Y5z3rH
  • #RaisetheCaps to adequately invest in ED programs in FY18 and #STOPCutsToClassrooms @SenateGOP @HouseGOP @SenateDems @HouseDemocrats
  • Join @NationalPTA & Education advocates nationwide TODAY for Funding Friday to #STOPCutsToClassrooms PTA.org/STOPCuts 

Facebook

We are joining National PTA in Funding Fridays to say #STOPCutsToClassrooms! Send a letter to your member of Congress TODAY asking them to #STOPCutsToClassrooms and ensure funding for public education is more than 2% of the federal budget in fiscal year 2018. Make your voice heard by sending a letter at https://goo.gl/Y5z3rH.

Social Media Graphics

You can find additional information about the #STOPCutsToClassrooms campaign at PTA.org/STOPCuts. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Joshua L. Westfall

Government Affairs Manager

National PTA®

1250 N. Pitt Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

Office: (703) 518-1249 |Cell: (571) 289-8258

jwestfall@pta.org | www.pta.org


JC/DC Alert: Tell Congress to Invest in Public Education!!!
Dear Advocates—

Thank you for taking action to #StopCutsToClassrooms! Your voice has helped raise awareness about the cuts to education funding that are hurting our schools and the critical need for Congress to make sure funding for public education is more than 2% of the federal budget.

While the first phase of the #StopCutsToClassrooms campaign has been a great success, our work isn’t done yet.  We’re counting on you to send a letter to your member of Congress demanding federal funding for public education is more than 2% of the budget. Congress hasn’t passed a budget yet, so there is still time to make your voice heard!

To make it easy for you– we have a letter ready to go. All you need to do is make sure to send this letter to your members of Congress and encourage others in your network to do the same.

Thank you for your continued support to #StopCutsToClassrooms,
National PTA Government Affairs Team

Tell Congress to Invest in Public Education and #STOPCutsToClassrooms!

SFEC Amendment Passed!

The SFEC amendment just passed the House floor en bloc!!!  Way to go, PTA advocates!!

You can see the amendment listed as part of the Cole En Bloc 4 here.  Scroll down to Amendments to Division F – (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education & Related Agencies). The amendment is #166.

Thank you for all your advocacy!! It worked!!  Now we need to get the funding into a final bill that will also need to pass in the Senate.

Sincerely,

National PTA Government Affairs

Jacki Ball | Director, Government Affairs

National PTA®

P: (703) 518-1243 | C: (703) 405-5206

jball@pta.org | www.pta.org | @balljacki