The Automotive Service Association (ASA) wrote a letter
to Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee; and Rep. Norman D. Dicks, D-Wash.,
ranking member; urging them to reconsider the proposed career
and technical education cuts within the proposed fiscal year
2011 Continuing Resolution appropriations bill, specifically
those cuts to tech prep programs in the Perkins Career and
Technical Education Act.
House Resolution 1 cuts funding for the Perkins Tech
Prep program by $102.9 million and completely eliminates
funding for the 2011-2012 school year, an 8 percent reduction
in overall Perkins funds, and makes significant cuts
throughout other education and work force development
programs.
These programs are essential for vocational education
and training for the automotive industry, and it would be a
mistake for Congress to keep these specific cuts in the budget
proposal, ASA said.
To view the letter, visit ASA’s legislative website at
www.TakingTheHill.com.
For additional information about ASA, visit www.ASAshop.org.
