NCGE needs your help. We need YOU to call or email the legislative assistant who handles education appropriations for your US Senator and ask that the Senator sign on to the “Wicker/Whitehouse Dear Colleague” letter in support of funding for high quality social studies education.
Please call your two US Senators today! Call 202-224-3121 and ask to be connected to your Senator’s office. Ask the receptionist for the name of the staffer who handles education funding. Then ask to leave a voicemail, or ask for the email address of that staffer and send them an email. Please contact both of your US Senators.
HERE IS A MESSAGE FOR YOU TO GIVE TO THE STAFF MEMBER HANDLING EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS:
My name is __________ and I live in ______(town)_________ in (your state)
- I am (calling/writing) because I am concerned about the quality of instruction in civics, economics, geography and history in our schools.
- Our local schools need help to offer high quality instruction in these subjects, which are vital to our understanding of the world and our representative democracy.
- Please urge the Senator to sign on to the Dear Colleague letter circulated by Senators Wicker and Whitehouse in support of funding for high quality instruction in civics, economics, geography and history.
- If you have any questions about why this is needed in our schools, please contact me at (email address or phone number).
In addition, please continue to reach out to your member of the US House of Representatives and ask that they sign onto the “Ross/Graham Dear Colleague” letter on appropriations for civics, economics, geography and history.
Unfortunately, the Administration did not include funding for these new grant programs in their FY’17 budget recently submitted to Congress. This means we must ensure full funding for these vitally needed competitive grants through the Congressional Appropriations process. Your calls to your two Senators and US House member are critically important to the success of this effort.
