Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-PA), along with Sens. Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate CTE Caucus, are asking their colleagues to join them in supporting increased federal funding for CTE in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 appropriations bill. Lawmakers who support CTE should sign this letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee urging its leaders to continue growing the investment in CTE. The letter asks the Committee to increase Perkins funding to $1.3 billion in FY 2019 to finish restoring cuts made since FY 2007.
As we reported, Congress approved a $75 million increase for the Perkins state grants in the recent omnibus funding bill for FY 2018. It is important to continue to engage with Members of Congress and keep up the momentum for greater CTE funding going forward. We need as many members of the Senate as possible to sign this letter to help ensure that the Appropriations Committee recognizes the importance of investing in CTE. Please take a few minutes to help us in this effort!
Given the fact that students need to have multiple paths to options after high school, please do not continue to cut the funding for Career and Technical Education through the Perkins funding.
We have suffered cuts at Fenton High School the past two years from lower Perkins Funding as well as the State of Michigan reducing Added Costs funding for CTE as well.
Posted by: Laura Lemke | 03/28/2018 at 03:53 PM
When you cut funding for our children education and adult education it's a major loss of future leaders, workforce, and assets. Corporations, government, military and institutions worldwide fail when it comes to investing in our own people. Can we decide accordingly and not second guess our future Education and CTE programs funded by Perkins (Perkins CTE)? Are we really going to discard a legacy left by Carl D. Perkins for our country?
Mahalo for your support,
v/r,
Jemeil Deliz Alicea
USA OIF Veteran
High School CTE Health Teacher
Posted by: Jemeil Deliz Alicea | 03/28/2018 at 06:11 PM