May 14, 2013 letter (from NGA Executive Director Dan Crippen) to Senator Hatch, Senator Klobuchar and Senator Coons expressing gratitude for their leadership to accelerate science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and job training for Americans as part of the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744).
May 6, 2013 letter (from Governor Malloy and Governor Branstad) to House and Senate Appropriations Committee leadership urging members to uphold existing law and restore the 15 percent Workforce Investment Act (WIA) set-aside in FY 2014 appropriations.
February 4, 2013 letter (from the executive directors of the State and Local Governance Coalition - the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, The Council of State Governments, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, The United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, National Association of State Boards of Education, National School Boards Association) to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin and Ranking Member Lamar Alexander and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline and Ranking Member George Miller urging completion of the long overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
June 7, 2012 letter (from the executive directors of the National Governors Association, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and the National Association of State Boards of Education) to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan submitting comments to the draft requirements and criteria proposed under the Race to the Top District (RTT-D) Competition.
May 18, 2012 letter (from NGA Executive Director Dan Crippen) to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan requesting that the U.S. Department of Education allow the U.S. Territories to compete in the upcoming round of Race to the Top grants.
May 3, 2012 letter (from the executive directors of the State and Local Governance Coalition - the National Governors Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, The Council of State Governments, National Association of Counties, National League of Cities, The United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Association of State Boards of Education, National School Boards Association) to House and Senate leadership urging Congress to complete the long overdue reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).
February 6, 2012 letter (from the executive directors of five state and local government groups – NGA, NCSL, CSG, NACo, and NSBA) to Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin and Ranking Member Mike Enzi, and House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline and Ranking Member George Miller urging Congress to reform the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and enact legislation that would reframe the federal-state-local partnership before the next school year begins.
September 21, 2011 letter (from NGA Executive Director Dan Crippen) to House and Senate Leadership urging Congress to uphold existing Workforce Investment Act (WIA) statute which reserves 15 percent of Title I formula funding for statewide activities.
July 1, 2011 letter (from Governor Nixon and Governor McDonnell) to House and Senate Leadership in support of H.R. 2117, the “Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education Act.”
