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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">On February 15, Oregon Library Association members will be gathering in Salem to meet with legislators and show support for the State Library at their budget hearing at the
Oregon Legislature.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">We know not everyone can make the trip to Salem, but you can also add your voice to OLA's efforts to increase and pass the State Library of Oregon’s budget. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><strong><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, February 15</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">, you can
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<span style="color:#236FA1">submit testimony</span></a> supporting the State Library budget, including the
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<span style="color:#236FA1">Ready to Read grant program</span></a>. Please also take just a few minutes to
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<span style="color:#236FA1">contact your state legislators</span></a> asking them to support a strong State Library budget. We've set up a
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">The budget asks the legislature to fund the annual
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<span style="color:#236FA1">Ready to Read grant program</span></a>. In 2021, each $1 of state funds invested from Ready to Read grants leveraged $3.61 in local funds. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">OLA is also asking for additional funding for an
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<span style="color:#236FA1">E-rate consultant and the Connecting Oregon Libraries fund</span></a> to help Oregon libraries take advantage of federal funding for:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for supporting OLA's legislative efforts!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">Jeremy Skinner and Kim Olson-Charles</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-family:"Lato",sans-serif;color:black">OLA's Library Development and Legislative Committee Co-Chairs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Oregon Library Association</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">PO Box 3067 | La Grande OR 97850</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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