Regional Offices Southern Tier Regional Office (STRO) Spring Leadership Conference 3/17/06, 2006

Remarks by First Vice President Maria Neira; program, for event; letter from AFT to all U.S. Senators, protesting record $3.5 billion cut in education funding in Bush administration FY 2007 budget, bringing to $55.7 billion the shortfall from what was promised for No Child Left Behind in the three years since the law was enacted, March 14; letter from AFT to U.S. Senators in support of amendment to increase Title I funding for FY 2007, noting cumulative gap of $40.3 billion (through FY 2006) between authorized and appropriated funding, March 15; agenda for NYSUT Education and Learning Trust training workshop, "Promoting Literacy for ELLs [English Language Learners, aka non-native speakers] at All Levels: A Training of the Trainers," March 18; State Education Department reports, "Overview of District Performance in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science and Analysis of Student Subgroup Performance for Sharon Springs Central School District," February 2005, "Accountability Status Report: English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Graduation Rate for Sharon Springs CSD: 2004-05 Accountability Status: District in Need of Improvement Year 1 for English Language Arts," and Secondary-Level English Language Arts, March 6, 2006; newspaper clipping re sample questions appearing on state standardized math exam, lack of explanation for error, March 16, 2006