Each year, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tim Kaine (D-VA) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) lead a sign-on letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting robust funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins) in that year’s Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. Committee members view these “Dear Colleague” letters as a critical part of the process, because they show the breadth of support a specific issue has, making this letter’s success critical. These senators have begun circulating their letter for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and are seeking additional senators to sign on.
After years of declining federal support for CTE, the past few budgets have included modest increases for the Perkins Basic State Grant program. Your advocacy these past few years has been critical to securing increases in Perkins funding; we need your help again to secure a significant number of signatures on this important letter and keep the momentum going!
ACTION NEEDED: Send a letter to your senators asking them to sign the “Dear Colleague letter” supporting robust funding for Perkins CTE in Fiscal Year 2022. The deadline for sign-ons is COB on June 25, 2021.
You can send a message directly using the ACTE Action Center. Additionally, if you have a direct contact in your senator's office, such as from a meeting with a staff member during NPS or at another time, we urge you to call or email directly. You can also call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, and an operator will connect you to your requested Senate office. Please contact your senators today!
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