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Resource Page for Supporting Full Funding of Department of Education's Math and Science Partnerships
2002-04-12 - NSTA Legislative Affairs
In the coming weeks, Congress will be determining the FY 2003 (July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004) appropriations for the Department of Education's Math and Science Partnerships. Although the President's education reform bill, No Child Left Behind, contains an authorization of $450 million for these Partnerships, the programs received an appropriation of only $12.5 million for fiscal year 2002. This means many states and districts will be without dedicated funding to improve science and math education.
Join other science teachers, math teachers, administrators, scientists, engineers, and others in our efforts to educate members of Congress about the critical need to fully fund the Math and Science Partnerships in FY 2003. We urge you to contact your member of Congress about this issue and to use the information below in your visits, e-mails, and phone calls to your representatives. (Postal mail to Capitol Hill is discouraged due to the length of time needed for security purposes.)
For phone calls: Call the US Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121. Ask to be connected to your Representative or Senator.
E-mail:
The following materials are in Adobe Acrobat® format:
- K-12 Science and Mathematics Education Today in Crisis ...
Our national security depends on science and mathematics ...
- Department of Education Math and Science Partnerships
A look at the Partnerships and how they work with other federal education programs
- Math and Science Partnerships at the Department of Education and the National Science Foundation
These two distinct programs complement one another while improving science and math education
- Math and Science Partnership Coalition Statement on K-12 Funding
Twenty-one leading education, science, engineering, and technology groups call on Congress to fully fund the Math and Science Partnerships
- State Profiles: A Look at Math and Science Education in These States: California, Idaho, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
- ESEA Title II, Part B: Estimated State Allocations
How much would your state receive in dedicated funding for science and math education if the partnerships were fully funded?
- Talking points, K-12 Science and Math Education
Full funding for the the Department of Education Math/Science Partnerships is supported by leading business, scientific, manufacturing, and high-tech firms. Read the letter sent by the Math/Science Partnership Working Group to members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and signed by 57 leading companies including Texas Instruments, Intel, and Microsoft. This group also has a very informative website.
Read the May 7 testimony on full funding for the Math and Science Partnerships provided by Richard J. Schaar, President, Educational and Productivity Solutions, and Senior Vice President, Texas Instruments; and the testimony provided by James M. Rubillo, Executive Director, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, given before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, Committee on Appropriations, US House of Representatives.
Congressional Support for Science and Math
Congressional support is growing for increased funding in FY 2003 for the Math and Science Partnerships authorized under Title II Part B, No Child Left Behind. Here are letters from a number of groups to key House and Senate appropriators asking for a substantial increase in funding for the partnerships:
 The documents above are in Adobe Acrobat® format. If you do not have the Acrobat software installed on your computer, click here.
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