<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">HB 2214 is a bill to fund affordable textbooks and open education in Oregon’s colleges and universities. Will you please help let our legislators know how important this issue is? You can use <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/alaor/home?6" target="_blank">OLA's</a><a href="http://cqrcengage.com/alaor/home?6" target="_blank"> advocacy software that allows users to quickly send emails to elected officials</a> or you can customize the email template below and send it from your own email.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></p><ul style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">If you are represented by a member of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, or the Education Subcommittee of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, write to your own legislators, AND…<br><br></span></p></li><li dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Senator Frederick and Representative McLain, co-chairs of the Education Subcommittee of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, need to hear from EVERYONE who supports this use of public funds.</span></p></li></ul><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Times;font-size:medium"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-5931811603773611429gmail-m_3837798883391303918gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></b></p><p dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Contact info:</b><br></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Senator Frederick: <a href="mailto:Sen.LewFrederick@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank">Sen.LewFrederick@oregonlegislature.gov</a> or 503-986-1722</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Representative McLain: <a href="mailto:rep.susanmclain@oregonlegislature.gov" target="_blank">rep.susanmclain@oregonlegislature.gov</a> or 503-986-1429</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Committees/JWMED/Overview" target="_blank">Education Subcommittee of the Joint Ways & Means Committee members</a></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Committees/JWM/Overview" target="_blank">Joint Committee On Ways and Means members</a></span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/findyourlegislator/leg-districts.html" target="_blank">Who Represents Me In Oregon?</a></span></p><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dear Senator Frederick and Representative McLain,</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The high cost of textbooks is a barrier to Oregon students completing their college or university degree. HB 2214 continues to fund textbook affordability and open education in Oregon through a program that has a track record of helping students save millions of dollars on textbooks.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Whether we keep funding at current levels, grow the program, or dream big, the funding should be part of CSL so that we know that this important work can continue past 2021. I support growing the program as outlined in the budget model: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/hb2214" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/hb2214</a>.</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Thank you,</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">[Your name]<br></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>