Wednesday, May 26, NEA launches its National Speak Up for Education & Kids Campaign – beginning with a National Call-in Day.
TAKE ACTION:
- On Wednesday May 26th, call 1-866-608-6355 to contact your Representative in Congress.
- You will hear talking points and will be connected to the United States Capitol Switchboard – ask for your House Member.
- Tell your Representative that public education faces a budget catastrophe and that he/she should support including funding to save education jobs in the emergency funding bill (known as the “emergency supplemental” funding bill).
With 300,000 education layoffs expected nationally (and up to 20,000 in Illinois alone), our students are the ones who will suffer – with overcrowded classrooms; shortened school days and weeks; and less individual attention and help from counselors, nurses, teachers, and support professionals. How can our students succeed with less time in the classroom, fewer instructors, and fewer supports?
Thousands of your colleagues are receiving pink slips every day. Layoffs of this many educators will also drive the national unemployment rates up even more. This would be a disaster in states that are already cash-strapped and even more of a disaster for the students we serve.