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And ask you faculty, friends, and families to do the same! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Heather Waldron Junior & Senior Counselor Loudon High School (TN) heather-waldron.lhs.loudoncounty.org 865-458-4326, ext 4005 ________________________________________ From: Smoky Mountain Counselors [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kat Coy [[log in to unmask]] Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 8:49 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SMC] Legislative Action Alert SMCA Members, This took me literally five minutes to copy and paste into my three Representative/Senator's email. Please, please, please take the time to advocate for our profression! Kat Coy SMCA President ****************************************** ACTION ALERT Issue: The House Majority recently passed H.R. 1, which would cut $10.6 billion, or 15.3 percent of the education budget for fiscal year 2011. This cut would eliminate the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (ESSCP), which is currently funded at $55 million. Other catastrophic cuts and eliminations would affect the following programs: Tech Prep State Grants, GEAR UP, TRIO, IDEA state grants, federal Pell Grants and many more. ACTION NEEDED: We are asking you to call or e-mail your House and Senate members today with the following message: "As a constituent of Representative/Senator ___________, I am calling/writing because I strongly oppose H. R. 1. I would like to request you, as my elected official, refuse to pass further cuts to education. Programs such as the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program are vital for our students, especially in time of economic hardship. These cuts will have a negative impact on our students." Feel free to list any of the programs that are meaningful to you, such as: • Elementary and Secondary School Program (eliminated) • Integration of Mental Health Systems (eliminated) • Safe Schools/Healthy Students (severely cut) • Federal TRIO programs (cut) • GEAR UP (cut) Steps for Reaching Members of Congress: If you don't know who your members of Congress are, go to http://www.contactingthecongress.org/, enter your ZIP code, and the names of your elected representatives with phone numbers and hyperlinks will appear. If you know your members of Congress you can call the Capitol switchboard at (202) 225-3121 and ask for your member's office. When you call, make sure to give your name and identify yourself as a constituent; you may need to give your home address (city/town). If you are unable to get through via phone, please go to your member's Web site (which can be found at http://www.contactingthecongress.org/ ) and opt to send an e-mail. Be sure to let them know that you are an educator, and these cuts will have a negative impact on your work and the education of children in his/her district. Personal stories are the most meaningful. Please widely circulate this message and encourage all educators in your building to call/e-mail their elected officials. This is timely matter; please act today! If you have any questions or have difficulty finding your elected official please contact Amanda Fitzgerald. ________________________________________ email: [log in to unmask] web: http://www.schoolcounselor.org -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the SMC archives or Join/Leave the list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/smc.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This E-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended only for the use of the Individual(s) named above.If you are not the intended recipient of this E-mail, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any copying of this E-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please forward this E-mail to [log in to unmask] .All email entering or leaving the Loudon County mail server is checked for content and security. All messages are checked for viruses before entering or leaving our server. Spam, viruses, dangerous attachments, and offensive content are removed automatically. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To view the SMC archives or Join/Leave the list: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/smc.html -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=