2016 Letters to Policymakers

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National PTA regularly communicates with members of Congress and in the Administration about issues impacting children, families and schools. National PTA also joins with other education, civic, civil rights and advocacy organizations to amplify our collective messages to Congress and the Administration. Click on the icons below to read the latest letters to policymakers from National PTA.

Child Nutrition

May 17, 2016—National PTA Opposes the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016

May 17, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Oppose the Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act of 2016

Education Technology and Student Data Privacy

April 21, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Urge Congress to Make Hiring a Student Data Privacy Professional a Priority

Elementary and Secondary Education

Sept. 7, 2016—National PTA Provides Recommendations on Innovative Academic Assessment Provisions to the Department of Education

Sept. 7, 2016—National PTA Provides Recommendations on Academic Assessment Provisions to the Department of Education

July 27, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Provide Recommendations on Early Education Provisions to the Department of Education

July 22, 2016—National PTA Provides Comments on Final Regulations on ESSA to the Department of Education

May 19, 2016—National PTA Provides Comments on Non-Regulatory Guidance on ESSA to the Department of Education

May 12, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Provide Comments on Non-Regulatory Guidance on School Climate Under ESSA to the Department of Education

Jan. 21, 2016—National PTA Provides Recommendations on Title I of ESSA to the Department of Education

Federal Investments in Education

June 14, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations Urging Congress to Invest in Statewide Family Engagement Centers

June 6, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations Urging Senators to Invest in Statewide Family Engagement Centers

April 26, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Oppose Eliminating Funds for Impact Aid Federal Properties

April 20, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Oppose Any Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

April 13, 2016—National Coalition for Public Education Opposes the Reauthorization of the D.C. Private School Voucher Program

March 17, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Urge Congress to Adequately Invest in Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Programs

Feb. 22, 2016—National PTA Joins Other Organizations to Urge Congress to Increase Funding for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Programs

Feb. 22, 2016—National PTA Joins Other Organizations to Urge Congress to Increase Funding for Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Programs

Feb. 17, 2016—National PTA Joins Other Organization to Call for an Increased Investment in the Title IV Block Grant

Feb. 2, 2016—National Coalition for Public Education Expresses Strong Opposition to Private School Vouchers

Health and Safety

Feb. 2, 2016—The Safe, Healthy and Ready to Learn Coalition Urges the Presidential Candidates to Reduce Childhood Violence

Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Nov. 21, 2017—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to End Corporal Punishment in Schools

Sept. 14, 2016—National PTA Joins with Other Organizations to Support the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act of 2016

Special Education

Sept. 8, 2016—Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Provides Recommendations on Assessment Provisions for Students with Disabilities Under Title I of the ESSA