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>Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:20:14 -0400 (EDT) >From: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Good News on Federal Appropriations Front >X-PureMessage-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, >Antispam-Data: 2006.6.9.140434 >X-PureMessage-Spam: Gauge=XIIIII, Probability=15%, >Report='CTYPE_JUST_HTML 0.848, HTML_MIME_NO_HTML_TAG 0.8, >NO_REAL_NAME 0, __CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CTYPE_IS_HTML >0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_HTML_ONLY >0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __STOCK_PHRASE_7 0' > >The House Labor, Health and Human Services , Education and Related >Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee met this week and voted on >their 2007 Appropriations numbers. I am happy to tell you that they >once again have voted to continue funding for the SE State Grant >program. They "level funded" the program, which means the >appropriated amount is the same as we received for 2006 - $29.7 >million. This is still down from the 2005 level, but given the >current economic climate, level funding is a good thing. We will >continue to fight for more funding for SE in multiple venues, but we >will take it one step at a time. > >This bill has to be approved by the full Appropriations Committee >and then by the full House. The Senate appropriators will soon >begin to work on their numbers. I will get an alert out shortly >with talking points for letters to the Senate. > >Thanks for all the work you are doing to keep the SE issues before >your legislators. Your contacts are paying off. > >To view the subcommittee recommendations for other programs in the >Labor - HHS bill, go to ><http://appropriations.house.gov>http://appropriations.house.gov and >click on the Labor, Health and Human Services , Education and >Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee. > >Celane McWhorter > > > > -- Bryan Dague University of Vermont Center on Disability & Community Inclusion Mann Hall, 3rd Floor 208 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05405-1757 Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (802) 656-1345 Fax: (802) 656-1357 TTY: (802) 656-8499 Website: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/