Advocacy Day is over but our fight for fairness isn't. Governor Paterson is making critical decisions today and tomorrow about whether to drop a funding freeze for charter schools from his proposed 2010-11 Executive Budget as he will submit statutory  “21-day amendments” by this Tuesday.The Governor needs to know that the cause of charter school fairness is not a one-day novelty. Please take five minutes to call and fax the Governor's office with a simple message:

"Please, no freeze on charter schools."

The Governor's contact information is below and click here for a sample letter. Let's keep his office humming with the voices of public charter schools! This year's freeze cost charter schools about $1,000 per student  on average - we can't let that happen again.

We'll probably need your help again before budget season is over, but the next few days are critical. Please No Freeze!

Governor Paterson’s Contact Information:

Phone: 518-474-8390

Fax: 518-474-0984