John,

We know that schools, hospitals and communities need funding and resources to create real solutions for a better life. But once again, extremists in Congress are proposing draconian cuts to slash funding for the people who need it most.

Click here and tell your representative to oppose cuts to Title I and other vital programs in the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee’s fiscal year 2025 appropriations bill.

If MAGA extremists in the House get their way, Congress would slash funding for the Department of Education by $11 BILLION, bringing education funding nearly $28 billion below funding from 2011. The needs of our schools are only growing, and students of color and poor students would be hurt the most. Even more, the bill would slash Title I funding, which provides literacy programs and student supports, by $4.7 billion. This would mean job cuts for 72,000 teachers serving low-income students. The bill would also completely eliminate support for mental health, English language learners, community schools, early childhood education, and career and technical education.

It’s not just our schools either; our hospitals would suffer too. The bill would remove funding for healthcare workforce training, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, maternal and child health programs, and suicide and opioid overdose prevention.

We can't let this happen. Click here to write to your representative.

And if that all isn’t awful enough, the bill targets women, worker protection, Social Security, retirees and the elderly, and adults seeking higher education to better themselves and their families, both through funding cuts and through numerous partisan and poison-pill riders that stymie access to reproductive health, student loan debt relief, and protection from predatory colleges.

Plain and simple, the House appropriations bill for labor, health and human services, education, and related agencies flies in the face of our nation’s founding principle that every child—regardless of income or ZIP code—deserves a high-quality education. On top of that, it undermines the health and economic security of our nation.

We can’t let this bill pass. Tell your representative to oppose it here.

In unity,
Randi Weingarten
AFT President

P.S. After you write to your representative, please share the action on social media to spread the word!