Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) are circulating a “Dear Colleague” letter in their respective chambers to the leaders of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education in the Senate/House Appropriations Committee.
This letter emphasizes the need to include language in the next Fiscal Year 2015 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bills to ensure parents are able to keep accountable those who are making decisions for their child’s education. Language is also needed to ensure that those decisions are made at the state and local level, not the federal level or by the U.S. Department of Education.
The letter also clarifies that funds appropriated will not be used to develop or implement the Common Core State Standards developed under the Common Core State Standards Initiative.
For more information on Common Core, click here. For more information about Common Core on a state level, click here.
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Action:
1. Call your senators and ask them to sign on to Sen. Grassley’s Dear Colleague:
Sample Phone Script for Senate: Hello I am a constituent of Senator _________. I’d like to request that he/she sign onto Sen. Grassley’s Dear Colleague regarding the Common Core. Please get in contact with Sen. Grassley’s staffer, James Rice, for further details. Thank you.
2. Call your representative and ask him/her to sign on to Rep. King’s Dear Colleague:
Sample Phone Script for House: Hello, I am a constituent of Representative _________. I’d like to request that he/she sign onto Rep. King’s Dear Colleague regarding the Common Core. Please get in contact with Rep. King’s staffer, Alex Curry, for further details.
To find your senators and representative, click here.
Thank you!