Tell Congress to Oppose Bill which Cuts Half a Billion Dollars in Special Education Funding

This is a critical time to step up make your voice heard. Congress and especially the Tea Party members think the way to balance the budget is to make drastic cuts to special education. If you have never called or written Congress before this is the time to do it. Below is an urgent appeal from CEC with the salient points.

 

Call Congress Today!

CEC urges all of its members to call Congress to reject a bill which would cut half a billion dollars from special education funding. Congress is considering this bill NOW! On Friday, the leadership in the House of Representatives proposed a budget bill – known as a Continuing Resolution -- which would eliminate $100 billion in federal spending over the next seven months, until September 30, 2011 which marks the end of the federal fiscal year. This proposes the deepest cuts to education in recent history, including slashing special education (IDEA grants to states) by over half a billion dollars.  Funding cuts this drastic will ultimately impact the delivery of special education services and supports.  CEC members are already reporting an increased strain on the availability of services for students with disabilities, higher class size/case loads, and layoffs. Call your Congressional delegation today and urge them to vote against the Continuing Resolution.

 

Comments

[Jill Kounkel]

Thank you for spreading the word about the Continuing Resolution bill. As a speech-language pathologist and a parent of a child with autism, I am sickened and mortified that any human being would think this is an acceptable solution.

[Kate Shannon]

I agree. As a special education teacher, I see daily the effects of the cuts in my district.