Use the sample tweets below to ask your US Senators from your state to support full funding for the SSAEG.
| Alabama
.@SenShelby please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorSessions please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Alaska .@lisamurkowski please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenDanSullivan please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Arizona .@SenJohnMcCain please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@JeffFlake please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Arkansas .@SenTomCotton please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV @JohnBoozman please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV California .@SenFeinstein please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorBoxer please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Colorado .@SenBennetCO please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenCoryGardner please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Connecticut .@ChrisMurphyCT please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenBlumenthal please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Delaware .@SenatorCarper please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@ChrisCoons please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Florida .@SenBillNelson please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@marcorubio please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Georgia .@SenatorIsakson please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@sendavidperdue please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Hawaii .@SenBrianSchatz please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@maziehirono please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Idaho .@MikeCrapo please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorRisch please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Illinois .@SenatorKirk please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorDurbin please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Indiana .@SenDonnelly please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenDanCoats please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Iowa .@ChuckGrassley please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenJoniErnst please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Kansas .@SenPatRoberts please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@JerryMoran please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Kentucky .@SenateMajLdr please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV @McConnellPress .@RandPaul please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Louisiana .@BillCassidy please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@DavidVitter please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Maine .@SenAngusKing please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorCollins please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Maryland .@SenatorBarb please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorCardin please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Massachusetts .@SenMarkey please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenWarren please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Michigan .@SenGaryPeters please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenStabenow please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Minnesota .@amyklobuchar please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenFranken please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Mississippi .@SenThadCochran please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorWicker please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Missouri .@RoyBlunt please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@clairecmc please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV @McCaskillOffice Montana .@SteveDaines please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorTester please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV |
Nebraska
.@SenatorFischer please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenSasse please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Nevada .@SenatorReid please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenDeanHeller please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV New Hampshire .@SenatorShaheen please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@KellyAyotte please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV New Jersey .@CoryBooker please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorMenendez please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV New Mexico .@MartinHeinrich please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorTomUdall please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV New York .@SenSchumer please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenGillibrand please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV North Carolina .@SenatorBurr please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenThomTillis please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV North Dakota .@SenatorHeitkamp please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenJohnHoeven please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Ohio .@SenSherrodBrown please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@senrobportman please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Oklahoma .@jiminhofe please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorLankford please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Oregon .@RonWyden please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenJeffMerkley please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Pennsylvania .@SenBobCasey please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenToomey please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Rhode Island .@SenJackReed please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenWhitehouse please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV South Carolina .@LindseyGrahamSC please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorTimScott please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV South Dakota .@SenatorRounds please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenJohnThune please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Tennessee .@SenAlexander please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenBobCorker please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Texas .@SenTedCruz please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@JohnCornyn please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Utah .@SenOrrinHatch please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenMikeLee please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Vermont .@SenatorLeahy please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenSanders please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Virginia .@timkaine please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@MarkWarner please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Washington .@PattyMurray please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenatorCantwell please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV West Virginia .@SenCapito please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@Sen_JoeManchin please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Wisconsin .@SenatorBaldwin please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenRonJohnson please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV Wyoming .@SenatorEnzi please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV .@SenJohnBarrasso please support full funding of #SSAEG. Our students are worth $1.65 billion! #ESSAlibraries #MoreTitleIV |
Use ALA’s Legislative Action Center to find your US Senators’ & Representatives’ contact information. On the right hand side of the page, enter your zip code and press go. A sample email is provided below.
Subject: Request to Fully Fund Title IV, A
As an educator, I know firsthand the importance of providing a well-rounded education for my students. I’m writing to ask that you fully fund the Student Support and Academic Enrichment (SSAE) grant program under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This grant program allows districts to invest in well-rounded education programs, safe and healthy school programs, and the effective use of technology. Ensuring students have safe and healthy learning environments, access to physical education and mental health supports, and engaging learning opportunities like STEM, art and music classes is crucial to their well-being and success in school.
The Senate’s FY 2017 LHHS-Ed appropriations bill would provide $300 million for the Title IV, A block grant while the House’s allocation would provide $1 billion, both falling far short of the $1.65 billion authorization. If Congress decides to fund SSAE below the authorized level, our nation’s school districts will face tough choices in deciding which important SSAE program areas merit investment––safe and healthy school programs, well-rounded curriculum development, or the effective use of technology. No matter how schools make this decision, critical program areas will face limited investments – or none at all – shortchanging our students, educators, and communities in significant ways.
I urge you to support full funding for SSAEG under Title IV, A of ESSA when you consider final funding levels for education this year.
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Use ALA’s Legislative Action Center to find your US Senators’ & Representatives’ contact information. On the right hand side of the page, enter your zip code and press go. Sample scripts for each elected official is provided below.
Senate
I am a [insert profession or organizational affiliation] and I am calling to urge Senator [insert name here] to support full funding of the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant program under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Congress authorized Title IV Part A of ESSA at $1.65 Billion to ensure that each school district received funds to support access to a well-rounded education, improve student’s physical and mental health and improve conditions for learning, and to increase the effective use of technology. Unfortunately, current appropriations bills do not include full funding.
The Senate is proposing funding this grant at $300 million, which would prevent ALL districts from receiving funds, which is NOT what the law intended.
There is a wealth of evidence that supports the needs for students to have access to a diverse academic curriculum that includes science, arts, foreign language and civic education; programs that support students physical, mental, and behavioral health, and the improve school safety; and modern, classroom based technology. All of these areas are critical to ensure all students graduate from high school ready to enter college or the workforce.
ESSA eliminated numerous programs that support the development and implementation of these comprehensive programs that are essential to student learning. Without a significant investment in Title IV Part A, districts will be faced with the unnecessarily difficult decision of choosing which area to invest in. Full funding of Title IV Part A will ensure that each district is provided funds to invest in each of these critical areas: supporting safe and successful students; increasing access to a well-rounded education; and increasing the effective use of technology.
I urge Senator [insert name] to support the full funding if Title IV Part A.
House
I am a [insert profession or organizational affiliation] and I am calling to urge Representative [insert name here] to support full funding of the Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant program under Title IV, Part A of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Congress authorized Title IV Part A of ESSA at $1.65 Billion to ensure that each school district received funds to support access to a well-rounded education, improve student’s physical and mental health and improve conditions for learning, and to increase the effective use of technology. Unfortunately, current appropriations bills do not include full funding.
The House is proposing funding this grant at $1 Billion, which falls short of Congressional intent.
There is a wealth of evidence that supports the needs for students to have access to a diverse academic curriculum that includes science, arts, foreign language and civic education; programs that support students physical, mental, and behavioral health, and the improve school safety; and modern, classroom based technology. All of these areas are critical to ensure all students graduate from high school ready to enter college or the workforce.
ESSA eliminated numerous programs that support the development and implementation of these comprehensive programs that are essential to student learning. Without a significant investment in Title IV Part A, districts will be faced with the unnecessarily difficult decision of choosing which area to invest in. Full funding of Title IV Part A will ensure that each district is provided funds to invest in each of these critical areas: supporting safe and successful students; increasing access to a well-rounded education; and increasing the effective use of technology.
I urge Representative [insert name] to support the full funding if Title IV Part A.