[Dec-kentucky] FW: URGENT: You can save Sam's funding!

[Michael, Sonia]

Forwarded on behalf of Kentucky DEC. 
The Education Committee will vote on early learning funding today. Please consider contacting your representative in Congress to ask them to support early education funding.

Sonia Michael, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Special Education IECE
Eastern Kentucky University
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Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 4:57 PM
To: Michael, Sonia
Subject: URGENT: You can save Sam's funding!

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Dear Sonia,

The House is dangerously close to coming up empty for Sam.

$1 billion in early learning funding this year could be lost – unless the Education Committee supports this investment when it votes TOMORROW.

Tell your Representative to fully support the
pre-k proposal!<http://www.preknowinfocenter.org/campaign/appropriations09_edlabor2/85xk5eervjxb8t6x?>


First, a House subcommittee denied President Obama's request for early education funding. Strike one. Then, the full committee voted on Friday not to restore that funding. Strike two.

Sam can't afford for legislators to strike out on his pre-kindergarten education.

The good news is that now there's a whole new ball game. Education Committee Chairman George Miller just introduced new and historic legislation that would make Sam's pre-k funding a reality – $1 billion per year for the next 10 years.

But it won't happen without your help. We need your member of Congress to show support for this legislation before the committee votes TOMORROW.

Will you make sure your Representative goes to bat for pre-k?

Send an urgent message to your member of Congress now to make sure the House Education and Labor Committee saves Sam's funding!<http://www.preknowinfocenter.org/campaign/appropriations09_edlabor2/85xk5eervjxb8t6x?>

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Even though President Obama made strong promises to provide unprecedented investments in early education, we have to rely on Congress to write the check. The House Appropriations committee has refused, but the Education Committee has stepped to the plate for our nation's three and four year olds and the pre-k opportunities that will prepare them for school and life.

This legislation might be the last chance this year for the House to fulfill the president's proposals for pre-k education. At times like this, we cannot afford to come up short in our commitment to our children's future. It's up to your member of Congress to make sure that this doesn't happen.

Tell your Representative to urge colleagues on the Education Committee to support Chairman Miller's pre-k proposal!<http://www.preknowinfocenter.org/campaign/appropriations09_edlabor2/85xk5eervjxb8t6x?>

If we miss this opportunity, who knows what's in store for families who rely on these crucial pre-k programs? After you've taken action, please spread the word to your friends and family<http://www.preknowinfocenter.org/campaign/appropriations09_edlabor2/forward/85xk5eervjxb8t6x?> and make sure that the House Education Committee comes through for early education.

Thank you for your dedication to the millions like Sam still waiting for high-quality
pre-k.

Sincerely,

Libby Doggett
NoSchoolForSam.org

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