Help us advocate for funding

In the 2015 Iowa General Assembly a key democratic senator commented that he ‘wasn’t hearing from anyone’ with concerns about legislative funding. Legislators often report that their inaction on an issue is simply because not enough people contacted them about it.

Writing a letter or sending an email is a simple way to ensure that your legislators know how you want to be represented.

When writing a letter:

1. Keep your letter short, a single page is best.
2. Be concise and specific, but add a personal touch.
3. Rather than writing as a “concerned AEA employee”, write from the perspective of a parent, grandparent (whichever the case may be) or concerned taxpayer.
4. Don’t use your AEA 267 email address or letterhead.

The sample letters below have been created for you to use when writing letters to legislators to advocate for adequate school funding. In addition, a directory of legislators is included for you to use in accessing the contact information for the legislators in your area.

Finally, the advocacy toolkit below was created with general tips that can be useful in speaking up for education funding! We need your support.

Here are three sample letters that you can choose from in expressing your support. Be sure to ADD YOUR NAME vs. sending any one of these letters “as is.” (They may need some re-formatting when you cut and paste them into your email message.)

This directory of legislators has contact information for our area’s legislators.

This Advocacy Toolkit was created by Iowa’s AEAs and is full of tips and resources to help you and others advocate. Please review it!