See below [image: Banner Image -- Council for Exceptional Children Web Logo]<http://ORANGE.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=zqlus92gk_1-3110x32c3fx126492&> *Contact your senators now to save gifted education funding! Our deadline is 2:30 p.m.*<http://ORANGE.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=zqlus92gk_1-3110x32c3fx126492&> Today at 2:30 p.m. (EST), the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee will vote to eliminate or reinstate the Javits Gifted and Talented Education program, the only federally funded gifted program. Without the Javits program, there will be *no federal funds directed toward gifted education.* *We need your help NOW!* Please contact your Senators through CEC’s Legislative Action Center<http://ORANGE.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=zqlus92gk_1-3110x32c3fx126492&>. Making the call is easy – CEC provides contact information, talking points and a feedback form. With its focus on high-ability, low-income students, the Javits program provides critical resources to help teachers and school leaders to identify and serve gifted students. We only have a few hours so please take a minute to make this important call. We need Congress to hear the voice of special education today, so please join us in supporting gifted education. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Hymes, kimh@cec.sped.org, (703) 264-9441. Thank you. CEC Policy and Advocacy Team P.S. Read CEC’s letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee asking Congress to save the Javits program<http://ORANGE.hosting.lsoft.com/trk/click?ref=zqlus92gk_1-3110x32c40x126492&> . ------------------------------ [image: Follow us on Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Council-for-Exceptional-Children-International-Headquarters/32298208816> * **[image: Follow us on Twitter]* <http://twitter.com/CECMembership>* *[image: Follow us on YouTube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/CECHeadquarters> Council for Exceptional Children 1110 N. Glebe Road, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22201-5704 USA (P) 888.232.7733 (TTY) 866.915.5000 (F) 703.715.8412 Outside the USA: +1.703.620.3660 You are receiving this message because CEC believes you will benefit from this communication. You are not receiving this message because you are subscribed to an electronic list. If you have any input about mailings of this type, please e-mail our Constituent Services Center at service@cec.sped.org. Click here to opt out of future e-mail correspondence<http://www.cec.sped.org/ScriptContent/Custom/email/unsubscribe.cfm?section=about_cec&email=smitroe@gmail.com&emsource=Thu,+29+Jul+2010+10%3A47%3A40+-0400> ------------------------------ -- Derrick W. Smith, Ed.D., COMS Assistant Professor University of Alabama in Huntsville "Prove all things; hold fast to that which is good." I Thessalonians 5:21