PAA and APC signed this lietter with the Friends of IES, a coalition of 38 organizations committed to supporting the essential role of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). Thanking for increased funding for IES in FY 2022. To build upon this increase and to further support IES’s critical mission, we encourage at least $815 million for IES in the FY 2023 Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, & Related Agencies appropriations bill. This funding level would bolster the research and statistical infrastructure needed to develop and scale up evidence-based interventions with the aim of improving academic outcomes, support important work to meet the social and emotional needs of students and the education workforce, and continue to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in education.#LettersandComments#GPAC2022