WASHINGTON — D.C. parents and students stood up for D.C.'s budget Thursday by hosting "Recess at the Capitol." Since DC Public Schools students do not have classes Thursday, multiple Board of Education members,

Parents are mobilizing to persuade senators to reject a Republican funding bill because it would deal a blow to the D.C. city budget.

Dozens of D.C. parents and students crowded a Senate office building Thursday to protest major potential cuts to the city’s school system after House Republicans passed a federal spending bill requiring the District to slash its budget by $1 billion.

Organizers ask parents to bring their DCPS students, who are off school Thursday, to the Hart atrium to protest the $1 billion cuts to DC's budget.