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ASBO International & 9 Groups Tell Congress, “Get ESEA Done.”

By ASBO USA posted 11-02-2015 12:16

  

After Congress’ recent leadership, budget, and debt ceiling crises, K–12 stakeholders are growing concerned with the likelihood that the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)/No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will be reformed this year as national fiscal issues continue to push the education law to Congress’ back burner. Consequently, this morning, the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) joined nine other national education groups, including The Superintendents Association (AASA) and the National Education Association (NEA), to urge Congress to continue its work on reauthorizing ESEA/NCLB.

The 10 national education organizations sent a letter to Congress asking officials “to not let another school year go by under the old [education] law,” and also collaborated on a digital advertising campaign to urge beltway insiders in Washington, D.C., to “Get ESEA Done.” The full letter sent to Congress can be found here, and the website for the digital ad campaign may be found here.

The weeklong digital ad campaign will begin today and includes web display ads on social media and news websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and POLITICO. Congressional members, Capitol Hill staff, and policy influencers will see the ESEA/NCLB reauthorization ad, which says: “Please pass a final bill that focuses on opportunity for all students, no matter their ZIP code. Great progress has already been made on this legislation. We can’t let it slip away. Our students cannot wait any longer for a revised law.”

The 10 education organizations represent millions of educators, principals, school boards, superintendents, chief state school officers, parents and PTAs, and school business officials across the nation. ASBO International’s executive director, John Musso, weighed in on ESEA reauthorization in the press release, along with other education leaders, “We have never been so close to fixing our nation’s broken education law as we are right now. If we want our students to develop into the successful, productive citizens we encourage them to be, then we must have an education law that works—one that is in tune with the demands of today’s increasingly technological and globalized society. Congress cannot afford to waste this opportunity to reauthorize ESEA/NCLB.”

For more information, see the full press release. The 10 organizations participating in this effort are listed below.

AASA – The School Superintendents Association
American Federation of Teachers
Association of School Business Officials International
Council of Chief State School Officers
National Association of Elementary School Principals
National Association of Secondary School Principals
National Association of State Boards of Education
National Education Association
National PTA
National School Boards Association

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