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8/19/2019 Title IV Group Sign-On Letter__Senate

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Hon. Roy Blunt Hon. Patty MurrayChairman Ranking MemberSubcommittee on Labor HHS Subcommittee on Labor HHSEducation Appropriations Education Appropriationsashington! "C #$%&$ ashington! "C #$%&$

March &'! #$&(

"ear Chairman Blunt and Ranking Member Murray)

*he undersigned organi+ations ,rite to re-uest that the Subcommittee proide robust /unding/or the Student Support and Academic Enrichment 0rants 1SSAE02! /ound in *itle 34! Part Ao/ the bipartisan Eery Student Succeeds Act 1ESSA2.

*he SSAE0 program! authori+ed at 5&.(% billion /or 67&'! is the result o/ Congress8

decision to consolidate more than #$ e9isting programs! most o/ ,hich ,ere competitie!into a single /ormula:/unded /le9ible block grant program that allo,s districts to choose,here best to spend their SSAE0 dollar in order to help all students deelop the skillsessential /or learning readiness and academic success. *hese programs include) sa/e andhealthy students actiities! such as proiding mental health serices to students; increasingstudent access to S*EM! computer science and accelerated learning courses! physicaleducation! art! music! /oreign languages and college and career counseling; /unds /or ane//ectie school library program; and proiding students ,ith access to technology anddigital materials and educators ,ith technology pro/essional deelopment opportunities.

e make this re-uest because ,e beliee that the President8s 67&' budget re-uest is grosslyinade-uate. Speci/ically! the President8s budget proposes to /und this program at 5%$$million! ,hich is less than one:third the authori+ed /unding leel to ,hich Congress and thePresident agreed less than < months ago. *his ,ould hae deastating conse-uences in allschools districts. 6or e9ample! St. Louis City Schools in Missouri! ,hich ,ould receie5#.(=> million in 67&' i/ *itle 34A receies /ull /unding! ,ould only receie 5%


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program ,ould signi/icantly disadantage smaller! more rural school districts as they o/tenlack the capacity to apply /or /unding and! een i/ they do apply! /ace the prospect o/receiing no money at all. Su//iciently /unding this program eliminates any need /or prescriptie language about targeting and increases local control and choice oer inestmentsmade in education programs. Lastly! under/unding this program in its /irst year o/

authori+ation seerely hinders the program /rom being implemented e//ectiely and sets the program up /or steep cuts and lo,er appropriations in /uture years.

n behal/ o/ the millions o/ students! parents and educators that ,e collectiely represent! ,eurge you to appropriate as close to /ull /unding as possible /or the Student Support andAcademic Enrichment 0rants.

Sincerely!

Dational and Regional rgani+ations

A/terschool AllianceAlliance /or E9cellence EducationAmerican Academy o/ PediatricsAmerican Council on the *eaching o/ 6oreign LanguagesAmerican Councils /or 3nternational EducationAmerican Counseling AssociationAmerican "ance *herapy AssociationAmerican Heart AssociationAmerican Library AssociationAmerican Music *herapy AssociationAmerican ccupational *herapy AssociationAmerican Psychological AssociationAmerican School Counselor AssociationAmerican School Health AssociationAmerican *ranslators AssociationASC"Association /or Computer Pro/essionalsDorth,estCampaign /or the Ciic Mission o/ SchoolsCharacter.orgCoalition /or Community SchoolsConsortium /or School Det,orkingCollaboratie /or Academic! Social and Emotional Learning 1CASEL2College BoardCommittee /or ChildrenCouncil /or Economic EducationCouncil /or E9ceptional ChildrenEducation *hrough Music6utures ithout 4iolence0irls 3nc.0irl Scouts o/ the FSA

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Health CorpsHealthy Schools Campaign3nstitute /or Education Leadership3nternational Association /or College Admission Counseling3nternational Society /or *echnology in Education

Ga++ at Lincoln Center *he Goy/ul Child 6oundationLeague o/ American rchestrasLions Clubs 3nternationalMED*R) *he Dational Mentoring Partnership DAMM 6oundation Dational Association /or College Admission Counseling Dational Association /or Music Education Dational Council /or the Social Studies Dational Association o/ Elementary School Principals Dational Association o/ Secondary School Principals

Dational Association o/ School Psychologists Dational Association o/ Social orkers Dational Association o/ State Boards o/ Education Dational Association o/ State "irectors o/ Special Education Dational Coalition /or History Dational Council o/ State Superisors /or Languages Dational Council o/ *eachers o/ Mathematics Dational P*A Dational Science *eachers Association Dational Superintendents Roundtablergani+ation o/ American odIly EducatorsPartnership /or #&st Century LearningPercussie Arts SocietyPhi Mu Alpha Sin/onia 6raternity o/ AmericaPotomac and Chesapeake Association /or College Admission CounselingRocky Mountain Association /or College Admission CounselingSa/e Routes to School Dational PartnershipSchool Social ork Association o/ AmericaSe9uality 3n/ormation and Education Council o/ the F.S.SHAPE AmericaSociety o/ omen EngineersSouthern Association /or College Admission CounselingSouthern Con/erence on Language *eachingSouth,est Con/erence on Language *eachingState Education *echnology "irectors AssociationS*EM Education CoalitionFS Soccer 6oundation4H& Sae the Music 6oundationestern Association /or College Admission Counselingica Agli

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"ela,are

"ela,are Association o/ School Psychologists"ela,are School Counselor Association

"istrict o/ Columbia

0irls 3nc. o/ "C

6lorida

6lorida School Counselor Association0irls 3nc. o/ Bay County0irls 3nc. o/ Gacksonille0irls 3nc. o/ Pinellas

0eorgia

0eorgia C* Council0eorgia School Counselor Association0irls 3nc. o/ Columbus and Pheni9:Russell

Ha,aii

Ha,ai8i Association Language *eachersHa,aii School Counselor Association

3daho

3daho School Counselor Association3daho School Psychologist Association

3llinois

3llinois Association /or College Admission Counseling3llinois Computing Educators3llinois Education *echnology Leaders3llinois School Counseling Association3llinois School Psychologist Association

3ndiana

0irls 3nc. o/ 0reater 3ndianapolis0irls 3nc. o/ Gackson County0irls 3nc. o/ Shelbyille and Shelby County

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0irls 3nc. o/ ayne County3ndiana Association o/ School Psychologists3ndiana Chie/ *echnology //icer Council3ndiana Connected Educators3ndiana 6oreign Language *eachers Association

3ndiana School Counselor Association

3o,a

0irls 3nc. o/ Siou9 City

ansas

ansas Association o/ School Psychologists

entucky

entucky Association /or Psychologists in the Schools

Louisiana

Louisiana Chie/ *echnology //icers8 AssociationLouisiana Computer Fsing Educators Association

Maine

6oreign Language Association o/ Maine

Maryland

Maryland School Psychologists8 Association

Massachusetts

0irls 3nc. o/ Holyoke0irls 3nc. o/ 0reater Lo,ellMassachusetts Educational *echnology Administrators AssociationMassachusetts School Counselor Association

Michigan

Michigan Association /or College Admission CounselingMichigan Association /or Media in EducationMichigan School Counselor Association

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Minnesota

Minnesota Association /or College Admission CounselingMinnesota Council on the *eaching o/ Languages and Cultures

Minnesota School Counselor AssociationMinnesota School Psychologists Association

Missouri

Missouri Association /or College Admission CounselingMissouri Association o/ School PsychologistsMissouri School Counselor Association

Debraska

Debraska School Psychologist Association

Deada

Deada School Counselor Association

De, Hampshire

0irls 3nc. o/ De, Hampshire De, Hampshire Association o/ School Psychologists De, Hampshire Association o/ orld Language *eachers De, Hampshire School Counselor Association

De, Gersey

6oreign Language Educators o/ De, Gersey De, Gersey Association /or College Admissions Counseling De, Gersey School Counselor Association! 3nc.

De, Me9ico

De, Me9ico rgani+ation o/ Language Educators De, Me9ico Society /or *echnology in Education

De, 7ork

0irls 3nc. o/ Long 3sland0irls 3nc. o/ De, 7ork City0irls 3nc. o/ estchester 0irls 3nc.7CA o/ Syracuse

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De, 7ork State Association /or Computers and *echnologies in Education De, 7ork State Association o/ 6oreign Language *eachers De, 7ork State School Counselor Association

Dorth Carolina

6oreign Language Association o/ Dorth Carolina Dorth Carolina School Counselor Association

Dorth "akota

Dorth "akota Association o/ School Psychologists

hio

hio School Counselor Association

klahoma

klahoma School Counseling Association

regon

0irls 3nc. o/ the Paci/ic Dorth,est

Pennsylania

0irls 3nc. o/ Philadelphia and Southern De, GerseyPennsylania Association /or College Admission CounselingPennsylania School Counselor AssociationPennsylania State Modern Language Association

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico School Psychology Association

Rhode 3sland

Rhode 3sland 6oreign Language AssociationRhode 3sland *eachers o/ English Language Learners

South Carolina

Palmetto State School Counselor Association

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South "akota

South "akota Association o/ School PsychologistsSouth "akota School Counselor Association

*ennessee

0irls 3nc. o/ Chattanooga0irls 3nc. o/ ingsport0irls 3nc.7CA o/ Dashille and Middle *ennessee*ennessee Education *echnology Association

*e9as

0irls 3nc. o/ *arrant County

*e9as Association /or College Admission Counseling*e9as Computer Education Association

4irginia

6oreign Language Association o/ 4irginia4irginia Academy o/ School Psychologists4irginia School Counselor Association4irginia Society /or *echnology in Education4S*E CoSD Council

ashington

ashington State Association o/ School Psychologists

est 4irginia

est 4irginia School Counselor Association

isconsin

0irls 3nc. o/ Racineisconsin Association o/ 6oreign Language *eachersisconsin Education *echnology Leaders

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