House Bill 4077 -- the Educational Improvement Corporate Tax Credit -- is on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives and must be voted out by Friday, April 5th!!! Please contact your local state representative, as well as Speaker Madigan and Minority Leader Daniels, and urge them to support House Bill 4077. You can use the sample letters I sent out previously or you can call, email or fax with the following message:

"I fully support expanding the educational opportunities of Illinois' underprivileged children through the Educational Improvement Corporate Tax Credit. As an active and caring constituent, I urge you to do the same. Please vote yes on House Bill 4077."

If you do not already know, you can find the name of your state representative, as well as their addresses, phone and fax numbers, on the web site of the Illinois General Assembly – http://www.legis.state.il.us/ – or you can call the Catholic Conference of Illinois at 217-528-9200. For Speaker Madigan and Leader Daniels use the following:

Honorable Michael Madigan
Speaker of the House
State House - Room 300
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5350

Honorable Lee Daniels
Minority Leader of the House
State House - Room 316
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-4014

Zachary H. Wichmann
Associate Director for Education
Catholic Conference of Illinois
217-528-9200