I received this post off of another list. I think it will resonate with every education-oriented institution on the Museum-L list. >Forwarded message: >From: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] >Date: 95-02-23 20:16:50 EST > >Please Post for Widest Possible Distribution to Educators > > February 23, 1995 > >MEMORANDUM FOR: All Computer Using Educators in America > SUBJECT: House of Representatives FY'95 CUTS > FROM: Dennis Bybee, Associate Executive Officer > International Society for Technology in > Education > USA National Office > P. O. Box 4437 > Alexandria, VA 22303 > [E-mail: [log in to unmask]] > > > Last night, the House of Representatives, Education >Appropriations Sub-committee completed its work on proposed cuts to >the FY'95 budget that was approved for 1994-95 by the previous >Congress. Proposed CUTS include total ELIMINATION OF THE STAR >SCHOOLS PROGRAM AND TERMINATION of educational technology >provisions of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994. > > Funding for the Technology for Education Act (i.e., Title III, >Part A of IASA) is CUT from $40 million down to $10 million. The >distribution of cuts was not given; but accompanying documentation >says that the intent is to ELIMINATE the new Office of Educational >Technology and National Educational Technology Challenge Grants to >local education agencies. > > If you value the Star Schools program, Federal ed tech assistance to >local education agencies, and the new Office of Educational >Technology as an important focal point for encouraging national >education technology initiatives, PLEASE WRITE or CALL your >Congressional representatives so that they will know you care about >them as soon as possible. Key leaders on this issue are: > > Senate Committee on Appropriations > Mark O. Hatfield (R-OR), Chair > Robert C. Byrd (D-WV), Ranking Minority Member > > Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and > Human Services, (and) Education > Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chair > Tom Harkin (D-IA), Ranking Minority Member > > House Committee on Appropriations > Bob Livingston (R-LA), Chair > David R. Obey (D-WS), Ranking Minority Member > John Edward Porter (R-IL), Chair, House Appropriations > Sub-committee on Labor, Health and Human Services, > and Education > >*****End of Message***** > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Rich Jones Governing Board For: Development Director Carter House Natural Science Museum Shasta Natural Science Association Redding Arboretum By The River [log in to unmask] SNSA Environmental Resources Center