<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Librarians, Please join me in letting your legislator know librarian's concerns about SB 543. This is the formation of special children's districts across Oregon. The OLA legislative committee believes the bill is vague and has unintended consequences. For special library districts, many of these children's special districts will be taxing the same exact district areas, leading to compression. We also feel the proposed after school programs will duplicate or infringe on what libraries already do including summer reading programs and after school programs already in place. This bill has been proposed in the past but has been unsuccessful. This year it looks like a lot of non-profits are lending their support to the bill since it would give them free money and it has gained a lot of traction, We would urge you to contact your legislators and let them know Librarians are concerned. While the concept is a good idea it needs a lot more work. Using funding from the same revenue streams that libraries already use can potentially lead to the detriment of existing library funding and programming. These are only a few of the potential problems that may arise. This bill is creating children's districts in areas that many libraries and early learning hubs are already providing services, however the bill does not include them as main priorities in this funding. This could make services for children even more complex and confusing for parents and limit funding for libraries if it is perceived as a duplication of services. The language of SB 543 is here: <a href="https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB543">https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/SB543</a></div><div>OLA Vice President Elaine has created an engage letter that is easy to edit and send:<br></div><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Representative – I’m writing to urge your <b>NO vote on SB 543</b>, a bill authorizing the </span>formation
of children's special districts. I fully support the intent behind the bill,
however I do believe there will be serious unintended consequence if the
bill passes and it will negatively impact already existing children’s
services and programs provided by libraries and
other youth services entities.</p>
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Sincerely,</div><div>Esther Moberg<br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">OLA President, 2018-19<br><div><a href="mailto:olapresident@olaweb.org" target="_blank">olapresident@olaweb.org</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>