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Statement from American Federation of School Administrators (AFSA) President Mark Cannizzaro

In the first week of April, the White House released its proposed FY27 budget, outlining top line goals, selected program increases, and proposed eliminations.

“At the core of everything, we have to ground ourselves in the understanding that we’re working with children — and that leading with empathy must always come first.”
“We cannot allow the ‘homework gap’ to become a larger ‘learning gap’ during the coronavirus pandemic.”
Districts across the nation were told to close their schools, send students and staff home, and begin to teach and learn in an online/remote environment.
Fifty years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and more than 40 years ago, Congress passed the Mine Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job.
GOP President Donald Trump “has made this crisis worse,” so organized labor “must do what the federal government has refused to do: Protect America’s workers” during the coronavirus pandemic, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says.
Workers are being exposed to the coronavirus in U.S. workplaces. Hundreds of thousands of workers have been infected and thousands have died.