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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">News from the Washington Office of the American Library Association.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Deputy Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Akron-Summit County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">60 S. High Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Akron, OH 44326<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">Visit us on the Web at</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#1E1EE0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://www.akronlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">http://www.akronlibrary.org</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#0070C0">or on our Mobile Site at</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#1E1EE0">
</span><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A"><a href="http://m.akronlibrary.org/"><span style="color:#E36C0A">http://m.akronlibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#E36C0A">The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support, improve, and enrich
individual, family, and community life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> ALA Washington Office [mailto:districtdispatch@alawash.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 07, 2015 10:11 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Support School Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>We have been told that the Senate will begin debating S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, a bill that would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as early as tomorrow. Now is the time to call your Senators to ask that they
support the bipartisan Reed-Cochran library amendment when S.1177 comes to the floor of the Senate!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>For more information about the Reed-Cochran amendment, <a href="http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxUwLBgLT9ZWA_Y3lQbtUvQDtCAXyYcGfFY2qLMntrJIPNnMC6u7_q7mTlvhRdLJq-TEViTqsGqzRC1nauyhX3ERFdh-JUGUjfeZkMN9XiDX_3PwL_L9yy2iNr-vMxGMdFgGi3t4kHMxES5BhZTex6q8OlMrH7S-Uh1lzutbljKFp1BQuiVALsz6NsgLSWHprqkCsb6xGdJ8gwHmoaBBvO0YqOYT_FVOf3uD3olWRCOyimvouWX9mSFc-Yo9WdlunU4wPL5FsnT9KyaHsCtSmFxA&lp=0">
click here</a> (pdf).<o:p></o:p></p>
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