Perkins funding cut

President Bush's proposed budget has eliminated funding for the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. This would reduce the amount of money available for career and technical education as it takes away state grants that help fund those programs. This money helps schools develop programs that meet the needs of more students. In a time when the Wyoming workforce is in need of skilled workers, cutting career and technical education is not in the best interest of our students nor the state.

Click here to read about what other programs are proposed to be cut.

Contact your U.S. legislators to express displeasure with these budget cuts.

Senator Mike Enzi
http://www.senate.gov/~enzi/
100 East B Street, Room 3201 P.O. Box 33201 Casper, Wyoming 82602
Phone: (307) 261-6572

Senator John Barrasso
http://barrasso.senate.gov
100 East B Street, Suite 2201 P.O. Box 22201 Casper, Wyoming 82602
Phone: (307) 261-6413

US Representative Barbara Cubin
1114 Longworth, HOB Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-2311
http://www.house.gov/cubin/

Contact the White House:
White House Comment Line - (202) 456-1111
White House Fax Line - (202) 456-2461
President Bush's email - president@whitehouse.gov
Vice President Cheney's email - vicepresident@whitehouse.gov
White House address - 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D.C. 20500