Dear [elected official],
Colorado kids deserve safe, excellent schools. Their future – and ours – depends on our commitment to providing all young people with a high-quality education. Please protect the U.S. Department of Education.
Coloradans support the U.S. Department of Education. We do not support dismantling the Department or cutting the research, programs, and funds that help our schools serve Colorado children well.
More than 880,000 children attend public schools in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Education supports more than 117,000 children with special education needs; more than 400,000+ Colorado kids who are eligible for free and reduced price lunches; about 18,000 students experiencing homelessness; and nearly 1,000 schools through the Title 1 program. And so much more.
The research, data, and national resources supported by the U.S. Department Education allow us to understand what’s working and what’s not in schools across the country.
Ending the Department of Education and cutting its programs will have massive ripple effects that would hurt more than just kids. Our communities thrive when our children and their schools thrive. But kids – especially children with low incomes, children with special needs, and other vulnerable children – will feel the effects first.
Our children’s future and our state’s future depend on you speaking up and protecting the U.S. Department of Education.
