Oppose Education Funding Cuts in the Trump/DeVos Budget

The priorities President Trump outlined in his budget are reckless and wrong for students and working families. If enacted, the Trump budget will crush the dreams of students, deprive millions of opportunities, and make it harder for students to access higher education.

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Cosponsor and support the Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 (S. 915/H.R. 1205)

NEA strongly supports the bipartisan Social Security Fairness Act, which fully repeals the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) that together could deprive as many as 9 million Americans of the Social Security benefits they have earned.

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Secure Rural Schools

Support legislation to renew the Secure Rural Schools and Communities Self-Determination Act (S. 1027/H.R. 2340), which expired a year ago. The law provided support for education and other essential community services in 775 rural counties located near national forests. Rural areas all across America are already experiencing the consequences of losing that support.22

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Urge your senators and representative to support the College for All Act

The College for All Act (S. 806/H.R. H.R. 1880), introduced in April 2017 by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), would make community college free and eliminate tuition and fees at four-year public colleges and universities for students from families earning less than $125,000 a year — about 80 percent of the population.

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Tell senators NOT to support a health bill like the House bill

The American Health Care Act, the “replacement” for the Affordable Care Act (also called Obamacare) crafted by House GOP leadership, plays Robin Hood in reverse. It would give the rich $664 billion in tax cuts while causing 23 million of the most vulnerable — children, the poor, the sick, and the elderly — to lose health coverage by 2026, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

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National Classified School Employee of the Year

Classified school employees strive for excellence in all areas relative to the education community. Passage of the National Classified School Employee of the Year award legislation (H.R. 2234/S. 978) would provide long overdue recognition for their outstanding contributions to our nation's schools and the students they serve.

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Cosponsor and Support the Equality Act

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Cosponsor and Support IDEA Full Funding Act

The Trump/DeVos is devastating for students and our nation’s public schools. It slashes opportunities for the students most in need by cutting education funding by more than $10 billion, including a $113 million cut to IDEA – a program that helps ensure all children with disabilities receive a free, appropriate public education.

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Urge Congress to cosponsor and support the Voting Rights Advancement Act

In direct response to Shelby, the Voting Rights Advancement Act is modern, flexible, forward-looking legislation designed to protect 21st century voters. It contains a modern-day formula that requires states and localities with a recent history of voter discrimination to seek approval from the U.S. Department of Justice before making any changes to their electoral laws. The Voting Rights Advancement Act reaffirms our commitment to voter equality and creates more pathways to voter access and is critical to the continued protection of the democratic voice of every American.

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Support Reauthorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act

Career and technical education (CTE) provides secondary students with engaging, relevant, and hands-on learning opportunities that lead to higher graduation rates and a range of post-secondary education and career options. It also prepares post-secondary students for careers and provides opportunities for degree and credential attainment.

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Urge senators not to play Robin Hood in reverse with health care

A small group of Republican senators is working behind closed doors to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act in order to give massive tax cuts to the wealthy. Like the terrible bill crafted by House GOP leadership, the Senate bill plays Robin Hood in reverse. It would slash and cap funding for Medicaid, which provides health coverage for 36 million children and $4 billion a year to schools for special needs students. Other potential pitfalls include allowing states to exclude essential benefits like prenatal care, mental health services, and addiction treatment, and permitting insurance companies to charge people with pre-existing conditions many times more than healthy people as they did before the Affordable Care Act prohibited these practices. Click on the take action button to send an email or call 1-855-764-1010 to tell your senators to oppose the GOP health bill.

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Tell senators NOT to support a health bill like the House bill

The American Health Care Act, the “replacement” for the Affordable Care Act (also called Obamacare) crafted by House GOP leadership, plays Robin Hood in reverse. It would give the rich $664 billion in tax cuts while causing 23 million of the most vulnerable — children, the poor, the sick, and the elderly — to lose health coverage by 2026, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Oppose Medicare vouchers

More than 57 million seniors and people with disabilities depend on Medicare for their health coverage. Giving people vouchers, worth a fixed dollar amount, to buy health coverage from insurance companies would hasten the privatization of Medicare by forcing people out of traditional Medicare and into private managed care plans with higher out-of-pocket costs they cannot afford.

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