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PA Representative Mark Cohen will introduce Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380, otherwise known as the Budget Bill, to increase the appropriation for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grants to arts organizations by an additional $1.5 million. This supplementary increase, added to the increase already requested by Governor Edward G. Rendell in February, will raise the state appropriation for Grants-to-the-Arts to $17.225 million. This funding level will provide much-needed additional resources next year as the PCA works to serve the people of Pennsylvania through support for nonprofit arts organizations, arts programs, and artists; arts in education; and continuing investments in partnerships and initiatives.
We need your help NOW. Please take a few minutes to call your legislator, at the district office or in Harrisburg, to let he/she know = that you support this increase and would like them to vote for a budget that includes Rep. Cohen's amendment. Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania has a web feature where you can access the contact information for your legislator. You can find it by visiting the Legislative Action Center at http://capwiz.com/artsusa/pa/state/main/?state=3DPA
To help us keep track of support, we are asking that you let Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania know what your legislator's response was to your request. Send their responses to Jenny Hershour at jlh@citizensfortheartsinpa.org
We are under a time crunch...call your legislator TODAY and ask them to support Amendment 11215 to House Bill 2380!
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