The future of taxpayer supported state funding programs for parents with children in nonpublic schools is in jeopardy. Under Governor Chaffee’s proposed budgetary cuts, funding for textbooks has been eliminated. Funding for transportation could easily suffer a similar fate. If local cities and towns do not provide funding for the textbook loan program, the cost to parents to send their children to Catholic schools will rise sharply.
Rising costs of a Catholic school education affect all of us—parents, administrators, teachers and staff. The time has come for the Catholic school community to demonstrate solidarity by responding quickly and effectively. You can support our school by rallying to restore funding for textbooks.
During the Parents Advocacy training meetings they encouraged everyone concerned with this issue to sign a petition. If you want more info see Rhonda in the Development Office.
Below is a link to the Catholic School Advocacy Toolkit. We hope that everyone will take a moment to register and use the tool to generate letters of support for our textbook loan program.
Catholic School Advocacy Toolkit
What Can You Do?
Contact Your Legislators Today Using Our Electronic Advocacy Tool!
1. Visit http://capwiz.com/faithfulcitizenri/
2. Click on the “Restore Critical Funding for Textbooks and Transportation” action alert.
3. Read the action alert.
4. Personalize the sample letter with details about why you support Catholic education in Rhode Island.
5. Fill in your name and address so the tool can automatically match you with your elected officials.
6. Click on the “Send Message” button to send your email to your elected officials.