[OPLINLIST] FW: Call Congress in Support of the American Jobs Act

[Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela]

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From: Ted Wegner [mailto:twegner at alawash.org] 
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:44 PM
To: Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela
Subject: Call Congress in Support of the American Jobs Act

 

Less than a week after President Obama called on Congress to pass a new
jobs creation bill, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) introduced the American
Jobs Act (AJA) of 2011 (S. 1549).


This Senate version of the jobs bill includes $30 billion for K-12
education to retain or rehire educators including school librarians to
prevent the layoffs of up to 280,000 educators including many school
librarians.  Since school librarians across the country are losing their
jobs due to budget cuts, it is critically important that as much of this
money as possible be used to save their jobs.


The ALA asks all members to call their two senators and congressional
representative at 202-224-3121 and urge them to support the AJA.   Tell
your elected officials about what school libraries do in your community
and how obtaining funds for construction through the AJA could improve
the education of our students.


The AJA also includes an additional $25 billion to maintain and upgrade
K-12 schools including school libraries to meet their 21st century
demands and $5 billion for community colleges including their libraries.

Please call your elected officials in Congress today!


A chart outlining the estimated jobs impact by state can be viewed here
<https://filemanager.capwiz.com/filemanager/file-mgr/ala/1_American_Jobs
_Act_Education_AllocationEstimates_20110913.pdf>  .

 

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