At the federal level, the “Fiscal Cliff” looms. Regardless of who is our next President, Senators and Representatives are, the current incumbents must address the federal budget, or sequestration will begin Jan. 1. Weigh in on this issue with your congressional representative and with our state senators. Case sequestration should begin Jan. 1. Here are some resources compiled by the National Rural Education Association:
- CEF Grassroots Toolkit
- American Association of School Administrators report: Cut Deep: How the Sequester Will Impact Our Nation’s Schools
- ASCD: Stop Sequestration Now
- National Association of Federally Impacted Schools: Impact Aid and Sequestration: The Impact of the Budget Control Act on Federally Impacted Schools
- National Education Association analysis: Impact of Sequestration on Federal Education Programs
- National School Boards Association: Stop Sequestration
- Senate Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee report: Under Threat – Sequestration’s Impact on Nondefense Jobs and Services