Yesterday, a broad coalition of organizations sent a letter to Representative Chaka Fattah to show their support for the Congressman’s Fiscal Fairness Act, which would fix the comparability loophole in Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
The following groups signed on to the letter:
Advance Illinois
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Children’s Defense Fund
Civic Builders
ConnCAN
Democrats for Education Reform
Education Reform Now
Forum for Youth Investment
Hope Street Group
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
League of Education Voters
League of United Latin American Citizens
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
Mass Insight Education
National Council of La Raza
National Urban League
Oklahoma Business & Education Coalition
Stand for Children
Schott Foundation
The Education Trust
The Mind Trust
The New Teacher Project
United Negro College Fund
United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society
Download the PDF of the letter here.