June 6, 2016
Senate Takes Up Perkins Funding Bill
Next week, the Senate Appropriations Committee will begin consideration of its FY 2017 funding bill for education and workforce training. This committee will be making initial decisions about how much funding Perkins and other programs will receive next year. The Perkins Basic State Grant program is currently funded at $1.118 billion, but tight budgetary caps for the coming fiscal year may result in many education programs being cut or frozen at current levels in the bill!
Thanks to the efforts of CTE advocates nationwide, 150 Members of Congress, including 32 Senators, signed letters in support of increased funding for Perkins earlier this spring. Now take a few minutes to contact your Senators (particularly those listed below who are members of the committee) and let them know it’s time to realize the goal of increasing our investment in CTE!
Take Action
Senate Appropriations Committee Members
Your ACTE membership and dues directly impact our ability to serve as your advocate for CTE programs on Capitol Hill, and our efforts would not be possible without your support. Learn more about ACTE’s policy activities and the latest news on ACTE’s CTE Policy Watch blog. If you have any questions, please contact the ACTE Public Policy Department.
Senate Takes Up Perkins Funding Bill
Next week, the Senate Appropriations Committee will begin consideration of its FY 2017 funding bill for education and workforce training. This committee will be making initial decisions about how much funding Perkins and other programs will receive next year. The Perkins Basic State Grant program is currently funded at $1.118 billion, but tight budgetary caps for the coming fiscal year may result in many education programs being cut or frozen at current levels in the bill!
Thanks to the efforts of CTE advocates nationwide, 150 Members of Congress, including 32 Senators, signed letters in support of increased funding for Perkins earlier this spring. Now take a few minutes to contact your Senators (particularly those listed below who are members of the committee) and let them know it’s time to realize the goal of increasing our investment in CTE!
Take Action
- Use our online congressional directory to find your Senators.
- Contact both of your Senators using the CTE Action Center or by phone through the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121.
- Tell them to increase funding for the Perkins Basic State Grant in the FY 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill.
Senate Appropriations Committee Members
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- Steve Daines (R-MT)
- Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
- Richard Shelby (R-AL)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Jack Reed (D-RI)
- Mark Kirk (R-IL)
- Jon Tester (D-MT)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Tom Udall (D-NM)
- Jerry Moran (R-KS)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- John Hoeven (R-ND)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- John Boozman (R-AR)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- William Cassidy (R-LA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
Your ACTE membership and dues directly impact our ability to serve as your advocate for CTE programs on Capitol Hill, and our efforts would not be possible without your support. Learn more about ACTE’s policy activities and the latest news on ACTE’s CTE Policy Watch blog. If you have any questions, please contact the ACTE Public Policy Department.
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