WASHINGTON – March 18, 2025 – Kate Riley, President and CEO of America’s Public Television Stations, made the following statement on the FY 2025 continuing resolution (CR):
“America’s Public Television Stations are grateful for the bipartisan congressional support for the continued investment in the work of public television and the essential services local stations provide all Americans in public safety, education and community connections, for everyone, everywhere, every day for free.
“The recently passed FY 2025 continuing resolution (CR) provides for the continuation of essential funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, public broadcasting interconnection, Ready To Learn and the Next Generation Warning System.
“The federal investment in public media enables us to provide the delivery of geo-targeted wireless emergency alerts to cell phones, the only nationwide situational awareness tool used by public safety officials to track and monitor the effectiveness of those alerts.
“We support families in preparing their kids for success in school and life with free, universally accessible, proven educational content, including for the over 50 percent of U.S. kids that don’t attend formal preschool.
“And we connect communities, celebrating their hometown heroes and local history, while coming together to address present day issues and charting a course for a bright future.
“These services are essential for the American people and worthy of the federal investment, which amounts to about $1.60 per person per day and less than one 1/100th of a percent of the federal budget.
“We greatly appreciate the continued bipartisan support from Congress that enables local public stations to provide these critical services to the American people.”
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