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October 2, 2009

The Governor Is Now Crafting His Budget for 2010-2012. With the help of active members like you who attended the "Caps Hurt Kids" rally  
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and the SOQ hearings,

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 VEA was successful in lobbying the Board of Education to "Advocate against permanent structural changes to the Standards of Quality that result in decreased funding for K-12 public education."
We won round 1, but 2 rounds remain.
Now we must bring the Governor to include a full and honest rebenchmarking in his introduced budget.  That is Round 2 of the fight.  Click here to write the Governor today using a pre-written letter from the VEA!

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