Fundamental fairness dictates that efforts to stimulate the economy through programs to improve school infrastructure, energy efficiency, access to advanced technologies and computers and teacher quality should be extended to all children regardless of the type of school they attend.
Precedents exist for the inclusion of private and religious schools in programs of federal assistance related to schools safety, efficiency, technology and teacher professional development:
NCEA has joined with the Council for American Private Education (CAPE) in urging Congress to include religious and private schools in the package. There are many precedents for doing so which are addressed in the letter to Congress available here.
Please encourage Congress to provide equitable benefits to our students and teachers in the sections of the bill where public school students and teachers benefit.
Contact your representatives easily and quickly by visiting CAPE's Legislative Action Center and urge the members of your school community to do the same.