We, the undersigned, strongly object to Governor Rendell's proposal to balance his budge on the backs of deaf children in PA by cutting all state funding to the Scranton State School for the Deaf, as well as the proposed plan to replace their program with another. SSSD's program is unique in the state of PA. The Governor needs to preserve this valuable educational option for deaf children and their parents in Pennsylvania by restoring adequate state funding to SSSD.