On October 25, the House of Representatives selected a new speaker who has vowed to resume consideration of the House’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills, including the Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education appropriations bill. Government funding runs out on November 17, and Congress has much work to do to complete the FY 2024 Appropriations process.
Before the August recess, the Senate Appropriations Committee considered and approved its FY 2024 Labor, HHS, and Education appropriations bill on a bipartisan basis, which contains a $40 million increase to the Perkins Basic State Grant program and provides significantly more resources to education and workforce development programs than the House version of the bill does. As negotiations on how to move these bills forward resume, we must continue to emphasize to Members of Congress that we support the Senate bill and its higher funding levels! Wrapping up the FY 2024 appropriations process will be quite contentious, and your advocacy is critical to elevate the message that the Senate bill is preferable.
ACTION NEEDED: CLICK HERE to urge your Members of Congress to support the Senate’s $40 million increase for Perkins and overall higher funding levels!
You can send a message directly using the ACTE Action Center. You can also call or email directly any personal contacts that you have in your Members’ offices, such as from a meeting at NPS, or call the U.S. Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, and an operator will connect you to your Member of Congress.
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