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.
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Senate Appropriations Committee Members |
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Thad Cochran (R-MS) |
Steve Daines (R-MT) |
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Mitch McConnell (R-KY) |
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) |
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Richard Shelby (R-AL) |
Patrick Leahy (D-VT) |
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Lamar Alexander (R-TN) |
Patty Murray (D-WA) |
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Susan Collins (R-ME) |
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) |
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Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) |
Richard Durbin (D-IL) |
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Lindsey Graham (R-SC) |
Jack Reed (D-RI) |
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Mark Kirk (R-IL) |
Jon Tester (D-MT) |
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Roy Blunt (R-MO) |
Tom Udall (D-NM) |
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Jerry Moran (R-KS) |
Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) |
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John Hoeven (R-ND) |
Jeff Merkley (D-OR) |
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John Boozman (R-AR) |
Christopher Coons (D-DE) |
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Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) |
Brian Schatz (D-HI) |
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William Cassidy (R-LA) |
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) |
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James Lankford (R-OK) |
Christopher Murphy (D-CT) |
Please support the increased Perkins Funds as an educator I have found the program to do more good than just any other, It is essential for the children of today to reap the benefits and the opportunities this program has to offer. Please vote for this increased support in the Perkins Funds for our children. Thanks you
Posted by: Glenda McCoy | 06/09/2016 at 03:43 PM
CTE programs hold the future for our students. These programs are the backbone for our workforce future. It is essential that funds be increased in order for the secondary programs to continue to be able to train students in high skilled and high wage jobs for America. We now have the opportunity to create a competitive workforce for the economy of the near future. But we must invest in quality teachers and equipment in order to be successful in this endeavor. Training a workforce early on is the only way we can compete in the world market today.
Posted by: Linda Blak | 06/13/2016 at 05:24 PM
What happens when a failing school transitions their vocational education program to a modern career and technical education (CTE) program that is mandatory for all students? It transformed the school by increasing the graduation rate from 56 percent to 92 percent over the past decade. Almost 70 percent of the class of 2011 enrolled in college within two years of graduating from high school. This school is Dalton High School in Dalton, Georgia.
Fund Perkins and make it mandatory for all students to take two classes. This is the answer to the education problem.
Here is the article:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/12/this-isnt-your-dads-vocational-education/430476/
Robert Stanley
Posted by: Robert Stanley | 07/02/2016 at 11:48 AM