posted by:
Bass, Joseph A at Dec 15, 2011 2:35:00 PM
It's time to call your Senators and Representatives!
Key federal funding that helps thousands of students take Advanced Placement tests is in danger of being eliminated. Your calls could make the difference for students right here in Nashville.
Last year Tennessee's low-income students received nearly a quarter-million dollars to help them pay the AP exam fee.
Without this money, many students would have been unable to pay and would not have taken their exams.
The AP Test Fee & Incentive Program has been around since 1999, but is not included in the U.S. House of Representatives proposed funding bill for fiscal year 2012. There is a Senate bill currently in the Education Committee that could save it, but that bill has no co-sponsors.
This is where you can help.
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander serves on both the Appropriations and the Education Committee and could help dramatically by supporting this bill and helping it pass through Committee. We need you to urge him along!
Call, email, or fax Sen. Alexander's office and ask him to support the 'Advanced Programs Act of 2011.' Better yet: do all three! You can even reach him on Facebook,
Twitter, and You Tube.
Many, many students around the country depend on this program to prepare themselves for college and make it more affordable.
They need your help. All it takes is a simple phone call, email, or fax.
How long does that take? Five minutes?
We've included Sen. Alexander's contact information below.
Sen. Lamar Alexander
Email | Facebook | Twitter | You Tube
Washington D.C. Office:
P: (202) 224-4944
F: (202) 228-3398
Nashville, TN Office:
P: (615) 736-5129
F: (615) 269-4803
