Dear Art Teachers,
In the next day or two, the legislature will vote on Governor Culver's proposed funding for education. If SSB 3248 passes, many arts programs across the state can be saved. Art education needs your help, as the legislators are counting letters to see if there is support for fully funding education. Please take the time today to write your legislators.

Go to http://www.legis.state.ia.us/FindLeg/ to find who your legislators are, along with their e-mail addresses. Send them a letter in support of SSB 3248. I have drafted a letter using IAAE's guidelines, which you can feel free to copy and paste.

Start out with a greeting using your legislator's name and title, and if you have the time, alter the letter to be more personalized in any way you can. Don't forget to sign the letter.

In addition to this letter, we still need art teachers across the state to talk to their school board members and school leaders, as stated in Friday's e-blast from IAAE. But it is critical to have letters mailed to legislators today.

Thank you, and take care in these difficult times!
-Maggie Parks
President, AEI