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BREAKING NEWS: Teach NYS Helps Secure $25 Million Security Grant for Jewish Schools

Your hard work matters.

Just take a look at what happened in New York today.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed a $25 million security grant for private schools to buy the security equipment and hire the security guards we need to keep our children safe.

This win was possible because of years of hard work and advocacy on the part of the OU’s Teach NYS community – parents, teachers, administrators, and lay leaders who have devoted themselves to making our schools safer and more affordable.

This $25 million grant comes after years of other school security-related achievements in New York: $15 million annually from the New York legislature, $20 million in a first of its kind security guard program from New York City, and over $150 million from the federal government for schools and other non-profits to keep our communities safe.

This is not our first victory, and it won’t be our last.

This win is a reminder that your hard work produces real, meaningful results, and we can replicate these results around the county.

This year, we are pushing for security funding for our schools throughout the country. The next success story could be in your state and a result of your hard work.

If we keep on working together, we can make even more progress for our schools and for our children.

We can’t thank you enough for all you do.

Please, also take a look at some of the work we’ve done this week on this important issue. We had an op-ed in the Jewish Week on our security efforts in the tristate area, and the Jewish Press did an interview with our Director of Government Affairs, Jake Adler, on our 2017 agenda.

Best,

Allen Fagin, CEO, Orthodox Union
Maury Litwack, Executive Director, Teach Advocacy Network

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