Tomorrow February 27, Betsy DeVos defends her budget before the House Appropriations sub-committee led by Rosa DeLauro. This year, DeVos took the funding for the Charter Schools Program out of her budget and put it in a block grant.
Our job is to make sure that the nearly half billion dollars to start up new charter schools is not restored. Nearly one billion dollars of waste on charter schools that never open, or open and close, is enough.
Call the following committee members now. The hearing begins tomorrow at 10:00 am.
Lucille Roybal-Allard–(202) 225-1766
Rosa DeLauro–(202) 225-3661
Barbara Lee–(202) 225-2661
Mark Pocan–(202) 225-2906
Katherine Clark–(202) 225-2836
Lois Frankel–(202) 225-9890
Cheri Bustos–(202) 225-5905
Bonnie Watson-Coleman–(202) 225-5801
Keep your message simple:
My name is (your name). I am calling Representative X to ask that the Charter Schools Program funding not be restored. The Charter Schools Program has wasted nearly a billion dollars that could have gone to our neediest students. The Charter Schools Program should not be funded. The federal government should leave the funding for new charter schools to the state.
If the phone is not answered, or you call after hours, leave a message.
Then send an email to your representative.
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I almost never watch Congressional committee hearings, but Secretary DeVos in front of these Representatives never fails to be worthwhile.
come to Newark and speak about charters at our Abbott Leadership Institute class giving free for the community at Rutgers University you would pack the house and I’ll Community need education on the issue they are draining our traditional Public School funds.
Do you have information on the Global Village approach.