Folks, I am passing this along to you on behalf of my colleague Ned McCulloch, who is seeking signatures on a sign-on letter in support of H.R. 5587, The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, which is schedule to be marked up in committee tomorrow. After consulting with the policy co-chairs, we agreed that while the bill has some connections to WIOA and adult education, it is not closely related to any established NCL priority and it’s not something we’ve had a chance as a coalition to examine and discuss, so we are recommending the coalition not sign on, but I did want to pass the opportunity along to coalition members who might be interested in signing their own organization on to the letter. If and when the Senate finally moves on Perkins/CTE reauthorization, it is likely that Sen. Reed (RI) will introduce an amendment to try to insert some stronger adult education language into the Senate bill, and if and when that happens, we would probably recommend NCL action in support of that language. If you disagree with our recommendation, let me know, and/or join us for the policy call at 4! Jeff > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Ned McCulloch" <nmcculloch@us.ibm.com> > Subject: Perkins Sign On Letter > Date: July 5, 2016 at 4:33:45 PM EDT > To: "Ned McCulloch" <nmcculloch@us.ibm.com> > > Please sign on to the attached letter regarding Perkins legislation as a demonstration of broad support for House Education and the Workforce markup on Thursday at 10:00 AM > > The letter is built around four principles of broad interest to the education and business community. The legislation can be found at www.perkinscte.com <x-msg://101/www.perkinscte.com> or at the Committee website. > > Deadline: To get on the letter in time for the MU, please send your authorization by 4:00 PM on Wed, July 6th. However, if you miss that deadline, don't stop -- the MU may get delayed and we will continue to accept signatories through floor passage. Keep those sign ons coming. > > 1) Email sign ons to nmcculloch@us.ibm.com > 2) List the name of the signatory as you wish it to appear > 3) List the name of the authorizing individual > > In addition to sending the letter to the hill, a copy will be posted at www.perkinscte.com <x-msg://101/www.perkinscte.com> and tweeted out from @perkinscte > > Below are the letter for the Markup with the current signatories. > > (See attached file: 2016 July 5 Support Perkins Coalition Broad Support for Reauthorization 350.docx) > > Current list of signatories. > > Aeronautical Repair Station Association > Afterschool Alliance > Air Conditioning Contractors of America > Alloy Engineering Co. Inc. > American Bakers Association > American Chemical Society > American Concrete Pressure Pipe Association > Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry > Arizona Technology Council > Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce / Associated Industries of Arkansas. > Association for Talent Development > Associated Equipment Distributors > Associated General Contractors > Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas, Inc. > Augustus F. Hawkins Foundation > Austin Chamber of Commerce > Baton Rouge Area Chamber > The Boeing Company > Business Roundtable > Business Council of Alabama > The Business Council of New York State. > Business Council of Weschester > CA Technologies > California Business Roundtable > Camp Fire Central Texas > CEO Council for Growth > Change the Equation > Chemcut Corporation > Citizen Schools > Colorado Business Roundtable > Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque > CompTIA > Connecticut Business & Industry Association > Council of Industry of Southeastern New York > Dallas Regional Chamber > Deloitte, LLP > Delta Systems Inc > DeLaSalle Education Center > Durham Technical Community College > Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce > Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board > Emerson > Forging Industry Association > G&D Integrated > General & Automotive Machine Shop, Inc. > Georgia Association of Manufacturers > Global Cold Chain Alliance > The Greater Baltimore Committee > Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce > Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce > Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce > HealthCode > Heart of Florida United > Honda North America, Inc. > IBM Corporation > Iowa Association of Business and Industry > Industrial Minerals Association – North America > International Dairy Foods Association > Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce > Louisiana Association of Business and Industry > Louisiana Committee of 100 for Economic Development > Magnet Schools of America > Manufacturers Association of Florida > Manufacturing Skill Standards Council > Marlin Steel > Maryland Business Roundtable for Education > Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education > Massachusetts Business Roundtable > MetroHartford Alliance > Missouri Association of Manufacturers > Montana Chamber of Commerce > Montana Manufacturing Association > Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association > National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE) > National Association of Graduate-Professional Students > National Association of Manufacturers > National Association of Trailer Manufacturers > National Center for Technological Literacy at the Museum of Science, Boston > National Council for Advanced Manufacturing > National Roofing Contractors Association > National Skills Coalition > Nevada Manufacturers Association > New Hampshire High Technology Council > New Mexico Business Roundtable > North Carolina Technology Association > NPES The Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing, and Converting Technologies > NY Tech Alliance > Ohio Business Roundtable > Oklahoma Business Roundtable > Opportunity America > Opportunity Nation > Oracle > Oregon Business Council > Pacific Gas and Electric Company > Partnership for New York City > PeopleFund > Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—National Association > Port Townsend Paper Corporation > Quality Float Works, Inc. > Roaring Spring Blank Book Co. > RoMan Manufacturing Inc. > San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce > San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce > Silicon Valley Leadership Group > Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates > South Carolina Council on Competitiveness > Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) > Symantec Corporation > State University of New York > STEM Education Coalition > Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky > Texas Association of Manufacturers > Texas Business Leadership Council > Thermcraft, Inc > Thermo Fisher Scientific/Fisher Science Education > Third Way > Toyota Motor North America, Inc. > Valley Industrial Association > Vermont Chamber of Commerce > Vernier Software & Technology > West Virginia Community and Technical College System > Woodwork Career Alliance of North America > Xerox Corporation > YMCA OF THE USA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ned McCulloch, JD > Global Issue Manager -- Skill Development and Education > IBM > 600 14th Street, NW > Third Floor > Washington DC 20005 > USA > > (202) 551-9324 > NMcCulloch@US.IBM.COM > Find me on Twitter @nedmcculloch, on WordPress, and WWW.PerkinsCTE.com > http://www.ibm.com/ibm/gp/ <http://www.ibm.com/ibm/gp/> > > > > >