CALL TO ACTION: Contact your legislator. MDCPS could lose $20 million!
Thursday, March 03, 2016
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The K-12 education budget proposed this past Sunday during House and Senate Conference Committee negotiations would provide only a 1% increase in per-pupil funding over last year. Florida PTA's call to action has asked all of us to contact the House and Senate leadership to request that they reject this agreement, and to insist that they fund K-12 education at the levels that the Governor, the House, and the Senate themselves proposed just a few weeks ago.
Should this Conference Committee agreement pass, the impact to Miami-Dade County Public Schools would be devastating. Specifically, the agreement provides $20 million less to our students and our schools than the budget bill the Senate passed on February 11, and $17.1 million less than the House budget bill, also passed on February 11.
MIAMI-DADE'S LOSS OF $20 MILLION WOULD PURCHASE AN ADDITIONAL 307 TEACHERS.
Time is of the essence here, as budget discussions will be closed out shortly. Please act immediately not only by responding to Florida PTA's call to action, but also by emailing or--preferably--phoning the members of the Dade Delegation who serve as at-large members of the conference committee.
WHICH DADE DELEGATION MEMBERS SHOULD YOU CONTACT? Senator Anitere Flores
flores. Senator Gwen Margolis margolis. Representative Jose Felix Diaz [email protected] (850-717-5116) Representative Jose Oliva [email protected] (850-717-5110) Representative Holly Raschein holly. Representative David Richardson david. Representative Cynthia Stafford cynthia. Representative Carlos Trujillo carlos. WHAT SHOULD YOU SAY?
Sample phone message:
My name is ______________, and I am a _____(
Please ask the Senator/Representative to fund K-12 education as originally intended. Please ask him/her to either restore current local property tax millage rates, or provide additional state monies to reach the FEFP funding levels set in the Senate budget passed February 11.
Thank you.
Sample email: Dear Senator/Representative _______ (name of elected official)___
I am a _____(
Please act to fund K-12 education as originally intended. I respectfully request that you either vote to restore current local property tax millage rates, or provide additional state monies to reach the FEFP funding levels set in the Senate budget passed on February 11.
Thank you for your consideration of my request.
Sincerely yours,
(Your name)
(Your address)
(Your phone number)
IF YOU ARE A CONSTITUENT OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL YOU ARE CONTACTING, PLEASE INDICATE THAT FACT AS WELL.
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| Thank you for advocating on behalf of our students. Please share this action alert with all those who care about public education in Florida. Nancy Lawther VP of Advocacy and Legislation |
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