Congressional Update (fwd)

[Cathy Cheely <ccheely@LEO.VSLA.EDU>]

>
> From:  D. Bybee at ISTE USA National Office
>
> By now, I hope most of you have received information we sent out about
> the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (which became Public Law
> 103-382 on October 20, 1994).
>
> With that information, we requested your help to:
>
> (1) keep $40 million appropriated for the "new technology programs" in FY
> 1995 (Title III, Part A: Technology for Education Act);
>
> (2) request at least $75 million for Ed Tech programs in Title III - Part
> A in FY 96.
>
> Last week, the House of Representatives (i.e., Mr. Porter's
> Appropriations Subcommittee) cut $100 million which Senator Mosley-Braun
> had obtain to help repair local school facilities in spite of the GAO
> report and all the Press coverage of its estimated $112 billion that is
> needed to keep local school facilities from falling down.
>
> So far, Mr. Porter's Subcommittee has NOT proposed cuts in educational
> technology funding; BUT FEDERAL CUTS ARE RUMORED and our "grassroots"
> efforts are needed NOW.
>
> PLEASE WRITE AND ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO WRITE on behalf of Federal educational
> technology funding.
>
> I think that Federal cuts in the "new educational technology programs"
> would lead to subsequent cuts in State ed tech funding and would
> certainly reduce the legitimacy of claims that State ed tech proponents
> might later make for sharing in Federal Education Block Grants to States.
>
> By the way, the $27 million National Education Technology Challenge Grant
> program will be announced by the Secretary of Education on March 7th with
> letters of intent to apply due in April and grants expected to LEA's by
> June of 1995.  And, the President's ed tech budget proposal for FY 96
> continues and/or proposes increases to ed tech funding.
>
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> Thanks to Dave Brittain for writing several Congressional representatives
> on behalf of ed tech funding on the 18th of February!!!
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>
>
>
> --
> Cathy Cheely, Media Specialist
> Brunswick Sr. High, Lawrenceville, Va. 23868
> cathy@pen.k12.va.us or ccheely@leo.vsla.edu
> 804 848-6287 fax804 848-2796
>


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Catherine Cheely - ccheely@leo.vsla.edu
Library Media Specialist,Brunswick Senior High,Lawrenceville, Va.23868
804 848-6287  (fax) 804 848-2796