|
GOVERNOR SIGNS FY 19 BUDGET
WITH $33.35 MILLION FOR ADULT EDUCATION!
Just a few hours ago, Governor Baker signed the Fiscal Year 2019 state budget which includes $33.35 million for adult education in FY 2019, a $3.72 million increase over last year.
The increase represents the single largest one year gain in funding since at least FY 2007 and, by extension, a sizable step toward reversing the long-term decline in the real value of state resources for ABE.
Although the Governor did veto some line items, he did not veto anything in the ABE line item and left the increase intact.
PLEASE THANK LEGISLATORS
Though the budget ultimately passed with overwhelming support, Senate President Karen Spilka (formerly Senate Chair of Ways and Means), R
epresentative Jeffrey Sanchez (House Chair of Ways and Means), Senator Jamie Eldridge and Representative Bob Koczera, deserve particular recognition for their leadership on behalf of adult education throughout this year's budget process.
Please take a moment to thank them and your own Representative and Senator for their support of adult students and educators.
You can find your elected officials
here, while the phone numbers for Senate President Spilka and Eldridge and for Representatives Sanchez and Koczera are listed below.
|
Senator Karen Spilka (D-Ashland)
|
|
617-722-1640
|
|
Senator Jamie Eldridge (D-Acton)
|
|
617-722-1120
|
|
Representative Jeffrey Sanchez (D-Jamaica Plain)
|
|
617-722-2990
|
|
Representative Bob Koczera (D-New Bedford)
|
|
617-722-2582
|
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU!
There's one other set of people that deserves credit for the renewed investment in ABE in Massachusetts: all of you.
Your repeated contact with your elected officials made an incredible difference - the increase in ABE funding in this year's budget is a powerful testament to what can be achieved through collective and sustained advocacy. Without a doubt, it can be hard to find time to reach out to policymakers and make your views known, but your colleagues and your students are glad you did.
Thank you!
|
