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From Capital to CampusThe U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a nonbinding "Sense of the House" resolution calling for a $400 increase in the maximum Pell Grant award. The catch: This resolution doesn't actually provide the money, only the rhetoric. Congress has until October 1 to finalize the FY 2000 appropriations bills. Unless it takes steps to raise the cap on spending that was part of the budget balancing agreement two years ago --- by providing additional resources for education --- the rhetoric about increasing Pell Grants will be stopped short by the reality of spending limits. NEA and other education groups, through the Committee for Education Funding, are advocating that the federal government's cap on discretionary spending be raised to provide room for increases in the full range of education programs, including Pell grants, campus-based aid, K-12 special education, and teacher professional development... You can help by urging your representative and senators in Congress to support an overall 15 percent for education programs and specific increases for higher education programs. Also urge Congress not to pit funding for one education program against another. You can E-mail your representatives and senators via NEA's online Legislative Action Center at: www.nea.org/lac. To subscribe to the NEA E-mail Legislative Alert, send to lyris@list.nea.org this message: Subscribe hecongress. Or read the Alert on this web site. And share your legislative news with us. |
