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Tuesday June 7, 2011
State Senate Needs to Hear From You Today!
Dear Friend of PCCY:
The Pennsylvania Senate reconvenes in Harrisburg this week to consider the House budget for 2012-2012. This budget would:
• Roll back funding for K-12 Education to 2008-2009 levels;
• Cut the budget for Early Care and Education by $40 million; and
• Slash more than $400 million more from human services for children and adults.
We can avoid this disastrous outcome in several ways. Pennsylvania has an anticipated budget surplus of more than $500 million, which it could use next year. And there are a number of outstanding proposals to raise new revenue by taxing natural gas from the Marcellus Shale.
Senate leaders are waiting to hear from members before committing to priorities. Please take three minutes to call your Senator today. (Click here for your Senator’s name and contact information.) Tell him or her:
• The House budget jeopardizes funding for early childhood education and K-12 education. (Feel free to provide examples from your community.)
• Urge your leadership to restore funds for early childhood education and K-12 students, using the projected surplus and new revenue from the Marcellus Shale to offset expenses.
If you prefer to send an email, click here for a sample message.
Your visits, calls and letters have made all the difference in how Senators are viewing this budget. The outcome of budget negotiations may well depend on Senate votes from Southeastern Pennsylvania, so please keep it up!
Thank you!
Shelly Yanoff
Executive Director
PS: Join PCCY and members of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Budget Coalition on Thursday at noon at a rally to save education and human services. Click here for more information.
About this E-Alert
In an effort to keep our friends and colleagues up-to-date on what’s going on with children and families in our region, PCCY will, from time to time, issue an E-Alert on an issue that we need YOU to take action on! We will provide you with the information on the issues and we need you to take the action step(s) that are listed above.
We hope that you will join us in helping to protect the lives and life chances of children and families in our region by doing something TODAY to help protect their tomorrows. However, if you would like to be removed from the e-mail list and receive no further updates, please send an e-mail to info@pccy.org.
President: Carolyn Adams
Executive Director: Shelly D. Yanoff
Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)
1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Sixth Floor
Philadelphia, Pa 19103
Phone: 215-563-5848
Fax: 215-563-9442
Website: www.pccy.org
E-mail: info@pccy.org
Webmaster: Steven Fynes
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