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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2015
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
[CLERK'S NOTE.-The subcommittee was unable to hold hearings
on departmental and nondepartmental witnesses. The statements
and letters of those submitting written testimony are as follows:]
DEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TELEVISION STATIONS AND
THE PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE
On behalf of America's 170 public television licensees, we appreciate the oppor-
tunity to submit testimony for the record on the importance of Federal funding for
local public television stations and PBS. We urge the Subcommittee to support level
funding of $445 million in 2-year advance funding for the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting (CPB) in fiscal year 2017, and pre-sequester level funding of $27.3 mil-
lion for the Ready To Learn program at the Department of Education in fiscal year
2015.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting-fiscal year 2017 Request: $445 million, 2-year
advance funded
Local stations and PBS are committed to serving the public good in education,
public safety, creating a well-informed citizenry, preserving and promoting Amer-
ican history and culture, and other essential fields. Federal funding for CPB makes
these services possible and is deserving of continued support. The overwhelming ma-
jority of Americans agree. In a bi-partisan Hart Research Associates/American View-
point poll, nearly 70 percent of American voters, including majorities of self-identi-
fying Republicans, Independents, and Democrats support continued Federal funding
for public broadcasting. In addition, polls show that Americans consider PBS to be
the second most appropriate expenditure of public funds, behind only military de-
fense.
Over 70 percent of the Federal funding for CPB goes directly to local stations, re-
sulting in a nationwide system of locally owned and controlled, trusted, community-
driven and community-responsive media entities that form an incredibly successful
public-private partnership providing unique and essential local public services.
Education
Local public television stations are America's largest classroom, meeting their
communities' lifelong education needs by providing the highest quality educational
content and resources on multiple media platforms and in person. Public television's
exceptional content, available to nearly every household in America, has helped
more than 90 million pre-school age children get ready to learn and succeed in
school.
PBS, in partnership with local public television stations, has created PBS
LearningMedia, an online portal where educators can access more than 35,000
standards-based, curriculum-aligned interactive digital learning objects created from
public television content, as well as material from the Library of Congress, National
Archives and other high-quality sources. More than 1.3 million teachers are reg-
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