[Libs-Or] [Fwd: [alacoun] ALERT: Action needed TODAY: FW: [District Dispatch] House Educationand Workforce Committee to mark up bill seeking to repeal "ineffective or unnecessary education programs"]

[Suzanne Sager]

FYI,

Suzanne L. Sager

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Subject: 	[alacoun] ALERT: Action needed TODAY: FW: [District Dispatch] 
House Educationand Workforce Committee to mark up bill seeking to repeal 
"ineffective or unnecessary education programs"
Date: 	Wed, 25 May 2011 09:14:04 -0400
From: 	Sara Kelly Johns <skjohns at gmail.com>
To: 	ALA Council <alacoun at ala.org>
References: 
<LYRIS-155-328035-2011.05.25-14.12.53--skjohns#gmail.com at lm.nyla-omc.org>



House Education and Workforce Committee to mark up a bill TODAY seeking 
to repeal “ineffective or unnecessary education programs.” Improving 
Literacy through School Libraries is neither ineffective or unnecessary.

Phone calls to your representative are CRUCIAL if they are listed below. 
Each one needs 60 people to ask for it to be removed to get their 
attention. You can be one of them. Talking points are at the bottom. Do 
it now; it matters for our students! Please cross-post. Thank you.


House Education and Workforce Committee to mark up a bill TODAY seeking 
to repeal “ineffective or unnecessary education programs”

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The House Education and Workforce Committee is scheduled to mark up H.R. 
1891 tomorrow (now TODAY!). This bill would repeal many U.S. Department 
of Education Programs including Improving Literacy Through School 
Libraries, which is the primary source of federal funding for school 
libraries. School libraries have struggled this year with the defunding 
of Improving Literacy Through School Libraries in FY 2011 budget.  If 
H.R. 1891 were to pass, it would effectively eliminate this program as 
well as federal support exclusively for school libraries.  We cannot let 
this happen!

*_Republicans_*
John Kline, Minnesota 
<http://kline.house.gov/>                                    
(/Chairman)/
Thomas E. Petri, Wisconsin <http://petri.house.gov/>
Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, California <http://mckeon.house.gov/>
Judy Biggert, Illinois <http://biggert.house.gov/>
Todd Russell Platts, Pennsylvania <http://www.house.gov/platts/>
Joe Wilson, South Carolina 
<http://joewilson.house.gov/>http://kline.house.gov/
Virginia Foxx, North Carolina <http://foxx.house.gov/>
Bob Goodlatte, Virginia <http://goodlatte.house.gov/>
Duncan D. Hunter, California <http://hunter.house.gov/>
David P. Roe, Tennessee <http://roe.house.gov/>
Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania <http://thompson.house.gov/>
Tim Walberg, Michigan <http://walberg.house.gov/>
Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee <http://desjarlais.house.gov/>
Richard Hanna, New York <http://hanna.house.gov/>
Todd Rokita, Indiana <http://rokita.house.gov/>
Larry Bucshon, Indiana <http://bucshon.house.gov/>
Trey Gowdy, South Carolina <http://gowdy.house.gov/>
Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania <http://barletta.house.gov/>
Kristi Noem, South Dakota <http://noem.house.gov/>
Martha Roby, Alabama <http://roby.house.gov/>
Joe Heck, Nevada <http://heck.house.gov/>
Dennis Ross, Florida <http://dennisross.house.gov/>
Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania <http://kelly.house.gov/>

http://mckeon.house.gov/*_Democrats_*
George Miller, California <http://georgemiller.house.gov/>
/(Ranking Member)
/Dale E. Kildee, Michigan <http://www.house.gov/kildee/>
Donald M. Payne, New Jersey <http://www.house.gov/payne/>
Robert E. Andrews, New Jersey <http://www.house.gov/andrews/>
Robert C. Scott, Virginia <http://www.house.gov/scott/>
Lynn C. Woolsey, California <http://woolsey.house.gov/>
Rubén Hinojosa, Texas <http://www.house.gov/hinojosa/>
Carolyn McCarthy, New York <http://carolynmccarthy.house.gov/>
John F. Tierney, Massachusetts <http://www.house.gov/tierney/>
Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio <http://kucinich.house.gov/>
David Wu. Oregon <http://www.house.gov/wu/>
Rush D. Holt, New Jersey <http://holt.house.gov/>
Susan A. Davis, California <http://www.house.gov/susandavis/>
Raúl M. Grijalva, Arizona <http://www.house.gov/grijalva/>
Timothy H. Bishop, New York <http://wwwc.house.gov/timbishop/>
Dave Loebsack, Iowa <http://loebsack.house.gov/>
Mazie Hirono, Hawaii <http://hirono.house.gov/>

`Please call your Representative if he is on this list today at (202) 
224-3121 and urge them to remove the repeal of Improving Literacy 
Through School Libraries from H.R. 1891. 

YOUR TALKING POINTS:

·      Improving Literacy Through School Libraries updates many school 
libraries in the most disadvantaged school districts where access to 
up-to-date materials is very much needed.

·      Research proves that access to reading materials and technology 
improves reading acquisition and learning, especially in under-served 
communities where libraries ftne provide the ONLY access to such resources.

·       Improving Literacy Through School Libraries has twice been 
evaluated by the U.S. Department of Education (most recently in January 
2009), which found the program to be successful in both evaluations.

·      Improving Literacy Through School Libraries in NOT an 
“ineffective or unnecessary” program. 

·      Remove the repeal of Improving Literacy Through School Libraries 
from H.R. 1891. 

 


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Suzanne L. Sager
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Portland State University

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