NCTE's Action Alerts ask members to contact policymakers to request their support for legislation affecting literacy education.
Ask Your Representative to Support Funding for the Humanities!
Please take time to ask your Senators and Representative to support no less than $154.3 million in FY2013 funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NCTE makes this funding request in the company of 107 other organizations that constitute the National Humanities Alliance because NCTE supports humanities education to ensure that we are preparing students not only to make a living, but to live a well-rounded life. NCTE calls for a higher education system that sustains and increases student literacy and advances preparation of students for participation in society as productive citizens.
To call: Contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, give your zip code and the operator will connect you to your legislator’s office (you will need to repeat this to contact all three of your legislators). Please leave the message above. You can do this 24 hours a day and leave a voice mail if necessary.
To write in support of this issue: Use this letter template.
Please take a few minutes to edit the letter in the template after paragraph four to add a brief personal example of the importance of humanities education in your institution and with your students.
For your information, the NCTE Executive Committee recently passed two motions recognizing the importance of the humanities.
4/13/12
Ask Your Representative to Support Funding for
Pell Grants & Stafford Loans!
Please take time to ask your Senators and Representative to support FY 2013 appropriations for the proposed maximum grant level of $5,645 per year under the Pell Grants Program to provide low-income students access to higher education and to maintain interest rates of 3.4 percent for Stafford Loans. The current educational environment stresses the importance of standards and assessments that prepare students to be college-ready. However, preparing students to be college-ready means little if they cannot afford to attend.
To call: Contact the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121, give your zip code and the operator will connect you to your legislator’s office (you will need to repeat this to contact all three of your legislators). Please leave the message above. You can do this 24 hours a day and leave a voice mail if necessary.
To write in support of this issue: Use this letter template.
- Please take a few minutes to edit the letter in the template after paragraph six to add a brief personal example demonstrating the importance of supporting all students with adequate funding for a college education.
- For your information, the NCTE Legislative Platform calls upon policymakers at all levels to invest in a higher education system that sustains and increases student literacy and advances preparation for participation in society as productive citizens. The platform suggests they do this by supporting students with adequate funding, including the reduction of educational costs that they bear in the form of loans including Pell Grants and Stafford Loans.
4/13/12