Friend, because the call to action that Tony sent around is so important, I’m following up with everyone who hasn’t had a chance to send it in yet – and I noticed that your name is still missing.

When you contact your congressional representatives today, you will add your voice alongside tens of thousands of others in this movement, ramping up pressure on Congress to preserve Schoolsafety.gov and the CISA School Safety Taskforce. 

So please, I’m counting on you to add your name right away: Will you please send a message  demanding Congress immediately protect and fund these critical programs?

SIGN THE PETITION

Thank you so much for your support, 

Tom Hoyer
Board member, Stand with Parkland 
Father of Luke Hoyer
 

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From: Tony Montalto, Stand with Parkland [email protected]>
Date: Mon, June 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Subject: URGENT: Congress must act to fund school safety now.
To: [email protected]

Friends, 

After my daughter Gina was murdered in her high school, we promised to take steps to make schools safer.

Those steps led to the creation of two vital programs: the CISA School Safety Task Force and SchoolSafety.gov, the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse. These programs were introduced during President Trump’s first term and codified into law during the Biden administration. We must ensure these focused and efficient efforts endure perpetually. They are designed to help schools across the country prevent violence and save student’s lives.

But now, the federal budget proposal for next year eliminates all funding for both programs.

Friend, these aren’t just bureaucratic tools. They’re proven, innovative, life-saving resources created in direct response to tragedy. They provide school leaders with trusted guidance, training, and evidence-based strategies to respond to threats. They help protect our nation’s children. And they exist because families like mine demanded action after enduring the unthinkable.

We cannot let this progress be erased. Join us in calling on Congress to fund school safety now. Add your name to our petition.

ADD YOUR NAME

Friends, this matters because:

• This is a rollback of critical protections. Eliminating these programs means leaving states and school districts to fend for themselves against evolving threats like cyberattacks, targeted violence, and mass shootings.
• No one else can fill this gap. The federal expertise housed within the CISA Task Force and Clearinghouse doesn’t exist anywhere else. We can’t afford to lose it.
• SchoolSafety.gov works. It provides trusted, evidence-based tools to school leaders nationwide — and fulfills bipartisan Congressional mandates.

This is not just a state issue. It’s a national imperative.

Congress must act before it’s too late. We’re urging lawmakers to ensure these life-saving programs are explicitly funded in the final FY26 appropriations bills.

For the safety of every student, every teacher, and every community please add your name now and stand with us.

ADD YOUR NAME

Thank you for standing with Parkland families in this fight.

Tony Montalto
President, Stand With Parkland
Father of Gina Rose Montalto