Support Kids not Cuts
Across the board cuts, scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 2, 2013, are a bad idea and would be devastating to the programs and services ordinary Americans depend on including education, transportation, public safety, medical research, and environmental protection. These cuts could also lead to the loss of nearly 80,000 education jobs.
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- We need to make investments that strengthen our economy and protect core American values. We’ve already asked our children and the middle class to make big sacrifices—instead of sticking everyday Americans with the tab, it’s time for the wealthiest two percent to pay their fair share.
- Funding for things like education, benefits for veterans, and transportation have already taken a $1.5 trillion hit. These built-in cuts bring non-defense discretionary spending to the lowest level as a share of the economy (GDP) on record.
- Across the board cuts would be particularly devastating for education, where cuts would result in:
• Services cut or eliminated for more than nine million students
• Funding for children living in poverty, in special education, and Head Startslashed by billions• Class sizes ballooning
• After-school programs eliminated
• Programs for our most vulnerable – homeless students, English Language Learners, and high-poverty, struggling schools – decimated
• Financial aid for college students slashed
• Nearly 80,000 education jobs lost – at early childhood, elementary and secondary, and postsecondary levels.
• Funding for children living in poverty, in special education, and Head Startslashed by billions• Class sizes ballooning
• After-school programs eliminated
• Programs for our most vulnerable – homeless students, English Language Learners, and high-poverty, struggling schools – decimated
• Financial aid for college students slashed
• Nearly 80,000 education jobs lost – at early childhood, elementary and secondary, and postsecondary levels.
- Despite the fact that 5.4 million more students are in our schools today and that costs have increased by 25 percent since 2003, these cuts could actually causeeducation programs to drop to pre-2003 levels.
State-by-State Charts on Possible Cuts
Use the links below to check out state-by-state charts and find out what sequestration cuts would mean for students in your area.
