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The Budget Response Fiscal Year 2013
CEF Budget Response Briefing (PDF)
When Our Students Succeed, Our Nation Succeeds.
Founded in 1969, the Committee for Education Funding (CEF) and its 80 member organizations have worked toward the common goal of achieving adequate federal support for our nation's education system. Nonpartisan and nonprofit, CEF is America's largest education coalition, reflecting the broad spectrum of the education community.
What’s Taking Center Stage
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Letters to Congress
Senate Budget ResolutionsMay 15, 2012 Dear Senator: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 95 education associations and institutions from birth to postgraduate education, is writing to express our strong opposition to several proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolutions that will be voted on tomorrow. H. Con. Res. 112, the House-passed Budget Resolution would severely …
Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012May 9, 2012 Dear Representative: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 95 education associations and institutions from birth to postgraduate education, writes in strong opposition to the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012, reported from the Budget Committee, and to the overall approach to sequestration contained in the House-passed Budget Resolution (H. …
302b FY 2013 letterMarch 16, 2012 The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye The Honorable Thad Cochran Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations U.S. Senate U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Harold Rogers The Honorable Norm Dicks Chairman Ranking Member Committee on Appropriations Committee on Appropriations U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives …
PASS the FIX AMERICA’S SCHOOLS ACT, S. 1597December 2, 2011 PASS the FIX AMERICA’S SCHOOLS ACT, S. 1597 Dear Senator: The following 173 organizations are writing to support the Fix America’s Schools Today (FAST) Act, S.1597. Modernizing schools and community colleges in local communities will create better learning environments for students and generate much needed jobs. The FAST Act will invest resources …
CHF-CEF-CIAW 302b LetterNovember 4, 2011 Dear Chairmen and Ranking Members: The Campaign to Invest in America’s Workforce, the Coalition for Health Funding and the Committee for Education Funding, representing the workforce investment, health and education communities, are jointly writing to urge you to recognize health, education, job training, children’s and social services programs as critical national priorities …
Joint CommitteeOctober 20, 2011 The Honorable Patty Murray The Honorable Jeb Hensarling Co-Chairs Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Congress of the United States Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Senator Murray and Representative Hensarling: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to express …
S 1723 LetterOctober 18, 2011 Dear Senator: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to express our strong support for S. 1723, The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act. This bill would provide $30 billion to create or save almost 400,000 …
1.5% CR Cut HouseOctober 14, 2011 Representative Denny Rehberg Chairman House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee 2358-B Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Rehberg: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to seek your assistance in restoring a $329 million cut to key …
1.5% CR Cut SenateOctober 14, 2011 Dear Chairman Harkin: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to seek your assistance in restoring a $329 million cut to key education programs in the 2011-12 school year. The current Fiscal Year 2012 Continuing Resolution (P.L. 112-36), …
American Jobs Act SenateOctober 10, 2011 Dear Senator: The Committee for Education Funding (CEF), a coalition of 90 education associations and institutions from preschool to postgraduate education, is writing to express our strong support for S. 1660, the American Jobs Act of 2011. In particular, we support Subtitles B (Teacher Stabilization) and D (School Modernization) of Title II. …