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<h2><a title="Permanent Link to School librarian to testify before the Senate in ESEA reauthorization hearing" href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4791" rel="bookmark"><font color="#000000">School librarian to testify before the Senate in ESEA reauthorization hearing</font></a> </h2>
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<p>Jamie Greene, a school librarian at Hugh Cole Elementary School in Warren, RI, and president of the Rhode Island School Library Association, will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) tomorrow in a hearing titled, <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/help.senate.gov');" href="http://help.senate.gov/hearings/hearing/?id=f3ea2006-5056-9502-5dbd-7fbf488d5ec3"><font color="#ff7700">“ESEA Reauthorization: Meeting the Needs of the Whole Student.”</font></a></p>
<p>Greene, who was invited to testify at the hearing by Sen. Jack Reed (RI-D), will highlight the critical role of school libraries in our nation’s educational system and the need for Congress to include them in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. EST.</p>
<div>According to the Senate HELP Committee, CSPAN will provide a live online video stream of the hearing; however, C-SPAN has yet to place the hearing on its calendar. Those interested in viewing the hearing should continue to check the schedule on the <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.c-spanvideo.org');" href="http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/"><font color="#ff7700">C-SPAN Video Library</font></a> website for updates or monitor the <a href="http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch"><font color="#ff7700">District Dispatch</font></a>, where links to the video will be posted once available. </div>
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<div><br>-- <br>Diedre Conkling<br>Lincoln County Library District<br>P.O. Box 2027<br>Newport, OR 97365<br>Work phone & fax: 541-265-3066<br>Work email: <a href="mailto:diedre@beachbooks.org">diedre@beachbooks.org</a><br>
Home email: <a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br></div>