House Resolution 35 - Introduced HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 35 BY ISENHART , HALL , SWAIM , HEDDENS , MUHLBAUER , HUNTER , JACOBY , KAJTAZOVIC , T. TAYLOR , WILLEMS , WITTNEBEN , KRESSIG , KEARNS , KELLEY , LENSING , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , WINCKLER , LYKAM , COHOON , ABDUL-SAMAD , MASCHER , M. SMITH , H. MILLER , STECKMAN , and WOLFE A Resolution urging Congress to preserve funding for 1 workforce development and education programs. 2 WHEREAS, House Resolution 1 was passed by the 3 United States House of Representatives on February 19, 4 2011; and 5 WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives 6 proposal would eliminate comprehensive early childhood 7 services nationwide for 218,000 low-income children 8 and their families, close over 16,000 Head Start 9 and Early Head Start classrooms, and lay off 55,000 10 teachers, teacher assistants, and related staff, with 11 an estimated 1,800 kids in Iowa losing access to Head 12 Start services; and 13 WHEREAS, the proposal cuts an additional $5 14 billion of funding for the United States Department 15 of Education, including slashing Title I education 16 funding by nearly $700 million, meaning 2,400 schools 17 serving one million disadvantaged students could lose 18 funding, and approximately 10,000 teachers and aides 19 could lose their jobs, with an estimated loss of more 20 than $4.5 million in grants to local Iowa educational 21 agencies; and 22 WHEREAS, the proposal would cut almost $600 million 23 -1- LSB 2722HH (10) 84 jr/nh 1/ 3

H.R. 35 in federal special education funding, leading to the 1 loss of 7,000 education staff serving such students 2 nationwide and a potential increase in state and local 3 taxes to make up for the loss of more than $5 million 4 in federal funds to support special education in 5 Iowa; and 6 WHEREAS, the proposal would cut aid to college 7 students by reducing the maximum Pell Grant by 15 8 percent at a time when college tuitions and student 9 indebtedness are rising precipitously; and 10 WHEREAS, the proposal to cut the Perkins Tech 11 Prep program will mean a loss of $1.24 million to 12 Iowa, along with additional cuts to the Elementary 13 and Secondary School Counseling Program, YouthBuild, 14 Career Pathways, and the High School Graduation 15 Initiative; and 16 WHEREAS, the proposal would cut $3.8 billion from 17 key workforce development programs under the United 18 States Department of Labor, including eliminating all 19 2011 funding for the Adult, Dislocated Worker, and 20 Youth programs under the Workforce Investment Act 21 (WIA); and 22 WHEREAS, these cuts will cause more than 7,000 young 23 people to lose access to services under YouthBuild, 24 as many as 10,000 to lose access to services under 25 Job Corps, and 276,000 to lose access to education, 26 training, and work experiences; and 27 WHEREAS, these cuts will force 3,000 One ‐ Stop 28 centers found in local communities across the country 29 to begin the process of closing their doors, likely 30 -2- LSB 2722HH (10) 84 jr/nh 2/ 3

H.R. 35 causing thousands of new job losses, and denying access 1 to the more than eight million workers; and 2 WHEREAS, the State of Iowa currently receives some 3 $14 million from the United States Department of Labor 4 for adult, youth, and dislocated workers, serving 5 approximately 35,000 Iowans with an array of core and 6 intensive services; and 7 WHEREAS, since 2009 the State of Iowa has received 8 just over $16 million in National Emergency Grants to 9 support 4,700 workers losing their jobs through mass 10 layoffs, including $6 million through the federal 11 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; and 12 WHEREAS, Iowa’s proportionate share of emergency 13 grant funding under House Resolution 1 would provide 14 funding to serve only 380 individuals; and 15 WHEREAS, these programs are essential to create and 16 fill jobs, prepare workers whose jobs have disappeared 17 for new careers, and train the American workforce for 18 the demands of a 21st century global economy; and 19 WHEREAS, for the more than 14 million unemployed 20 American workers, the impact of dismantling the public 21 workforce and adult education systems could not be more 22 devastating; NOW THEREFORE, 23 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That 24 the House of Representatives urges Congress to continue 25 its commitment to job creation, economic growth, and 26 opportunities for students and workers by maintaining 27 funding for workforce development and education 28 programs in the fiscal year 2012 federal budget. 29 -3- LSB 2722HH (10) 84 jr/nh 3/ 3