The National PTA is urging Sen. Thad Cochran, chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee to uphold the promise they made in March to direct $7.1 billion above the president's budget request to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education. Sen. Cochran is meeting with Appropriations subcommittee chairs this week to determine the allocation of discretionary funds to each subcommittee.