rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-congress-reject-education-cuts?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-congress-reject-education-cuts' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> CHN Action https://actionnetwork.org/groups/coalition-on-human-needs https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg The FY24 House funding bill that covers education and labor programs cuts $64 billion from public education, preschool funding, and job training for young adults and working families. They cut every level of education, from preschool through college―cutting out the major engine for economic progress for families who aren’t rich. This extremist bill would: Eliminate Preschool Development grants and take away early childhood education opportunities from 51,000 students through drastic cuts to Head Start. Slash K-12 funding for low-income school districts from $18.4 billion to only $3.7 billion―equal to the loss of 224,000 teachers. Eliminate the English Language Acquisition program, ending English training for 5 million students. Eliminate Federal Work Study for 659,000 students who need it to help pay for college. Eliminate need-based financial aid for 1.7 million students through the elimination of the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants. Eliminate the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Job Training, which means 126,000 youth and 294,000 adults would lose access to job training and employment services. Horace Mann called Education “the great equalizer.” Perhaps it is the House majority’s aversion to all-things-equality that explains why they cut 28% from the Department of Education―taking at least 220,000 teachers out of low-income classrooms and eviscerating the programs that help at-risk youth build a brighter future. Low- and middle-income families are feeling the pain from all sides and the last thing needed are cuts to public education and job training programs. Click “Start Writing” to send a letter to your representative demanding they reject education cuts https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-reject-education-cuts