Rally in Richmond – Stand Up For Public Education
From the RPS website;
Join local associations in Richmond to rally against budget cuts at Capitol Square Grounds on Saturday, February 27 at 11am Download Event Details (PDF)
VEA has a form for contacting the Governor and your legislators.
List of Legislators contact information
As some interesting information, the governor is proposing a number of tax cuts and business incentives to create 29,000 new jobs in the next two years. His budget cuts are estimated to cost the loss of 28,000 jobs in education and 6,000 in health care.
RVAnews has a map on how the unfreezing of the index would affect all the counties. Be sure and keep an eye on the comments.
When this state approved the lottery it was with the understanding that revenues go to education…instead the money goes in to the general fund and then some finds its way to education.
Cuts in education should be the last on any list.
Write up from RTD on today’s rally.