| To: |
COHEAO Membership |
| From: |
Harrison Wadsworth, Executive Director
Andrew Stringer, Washington
DC Staff |
July 15, 2004
July
15, 2004 As we reported earlier today,
the House Appropriations Committee has approved a bill that would
eliminate the Federal Capital Contribution for Perkins Loans in the
Fiscal Year 2005 federal budget. This would affect schools'
2006-2007 award year if it becomes law. We understand that
the full House will consider this legislation in September, and that
the Senate Appropriations Committee will also probably consider it
then. Your action is essential to preserving funding for Perkins.
Please
find attached a draft letter for
you to send to all Representatives and Senators in your state asking
that they support the Perkins Loan Program [the
file is in Microsoft Word format]. Please
take a look at this draft letter and, very important, customize it
to fit your school or company, including placing the letter on your
letterhead. It
is important to point out that Perkins Loan Program helps students
in your campus and state. In
the letter are suggested places to insert this information. Also
at the end, please put down how you can be contacted.
To obtain information on the Perkins Loan Program specific to your state
and school, go to this address in the Department of Education's IFAP
web site: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/cbpmaterials/0405CBCongreportApril8CoverLtr.html. At
the bottom of the document are links to information on Perkins FCC
awards broken down by individual school, with state totals. If
you have any questions or need help accessing the information, contact
Andrew Stringer at astringer@wpllc.net or 202-289-3903.
Finally,
here is how and where to send the letters. Paper mail is subject
to delays, so we strongly suggest that you fax (preferable) or e-mail
your letters. Fax numbers are contained in the Congressional
directory that COHEAO gave to attendees at the January Annual Meeting. In
addition, most Congressional web sites have the fax number, and all
should have an email address.
If you don't
have a directory, go to the House website for House members sorted
by state: http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.html. For
your senators, go to www.senate.gov and
use the pull-down feature to find who your senators are. If
you are from a large state and need help with this project, please
let us know.
We also ask that you
send us a copy of your letter after you have sent it. You can
e-mail the letter to astringer@wpllc.net or hwadsworth@wpllc.net or fax it to 202-371-0197.
Again,
if you need any assistance or have any questions, please contact us at
202-289-3903.
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