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Friday, February 17, 2017

Ask Your Representative to Join the Adult Literacy Caucus :: NCL

Ask Your Representative to Join the Adult Literacy Caucus

National Coalition for LiteracyNational Coalition for Literacy: 2.13.2017

The Adult Literacy Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives has been re-certified for the 115th Congress. Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN) will continue as caucus sponsor and Republican co-chair. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) has agreed to serve as Democratic co-chair, taking the place of Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, who retired last year. Two weeks ago, the offices of Rep. Roe and Rep. Yarmuth distributed a “Dear Colleague” letter, inviting all members of the House to join the Caucus.

The current members of the Caucus are listed here. If your representative is not on the list, we hope you’ll consider asking them to join. (Feel free to reference the Dear Colleague letter when contacting them.) Be prepared with a concise message that includes your name, your address (to show you’re a constituent), contact information, and what you are calling/writing about (joining the Adult Literacy Caucus).

Support Adult Literacy

Saturday, October 1, 2016

AEFL Week :: Literacy | Adulted | TESOL | B Bush Found | NCL Advocacy | GED

Tweet – Tweeter – Tweetest

Superlatives from SCLLN

How many of these

Adult Ed & Family Literacy Facts did you know?

Share the graphic & spread the word!

http://ow.ly/ub4p304C8dG #AEFLWeek

@TESOL_Assn Sep 28

Support #adultedu #AEFLWeek

#WednesdayWisdom

@welearnwomlit Sep 28

A quote in honor of Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.

#Adulted #AEFLWeek #LearningForLife

@EducExchangeRI Sep28

#AdultLiteracy

is more than giving adults the opportunity to read books;

literacy is the key to success.

#AEFLWeek

@BarbaraBushFdn Sep 27

#adultedu & #literacy help adults

acquire foundational skills that equip them to succeed economically. http://buff.ly/2dbWy2x #AEFLweek

@WashtenawLit Sep 27

Celebrating #AEFLWeek with a New Fact Sheet

on Adult Education & Middle-Skill Jobs

@SkillsCoalition

@NCLAdvocacy Sep 26

#AEFLWeek

@elyssehillyer Sep 26

Adult literacy intersects with almost every socioeconomic issue. http://spr.ly/6013B7JUl #AEFLWeek

@GEDTesting Sep 26

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Banned Book Week :: Literacy | Ventura Co | Moorpark | ALA OIF | Censorship | DCPL | Politics Prose | Flintridge Books

Tweet – Tweeter – Tweetest

Superlatives from SCLLN

At #vclOjaiLibrary we put all the books

THEY don’t want you to read in one convenient place.

#BannedBooksWeek #vcLibraries

@vencolibrary Sep 21

#BannedBooksWeek is almost here!

Don't forget to come to the library for your BBW

#wanted poster!

@MoorparkCityLib Sep 21

Support #BannedBooksWeek,

add a #Twibbon now!

@BannedBooksWeek Sep 21

#BannedBooksWeek is in 5 Days!

Lot of upcoming events.

Check out our reminder email

@BannedBooksWeek https://iz4.me/kg2ZrB1

@OIF Sep 20

#BannedBooksWeek:

Join @VickyBaker on 29 Sept to chat with

@CLBaldacchinov, @jessicaherthel, Wendy Doniger

@IndexCensorship Sep 22

It's almost #BannedBooksWeek

& @dcpl is helping us hide

these censored books in plain sight

http://bit.ly/2czEHkt

@PoliticsProse Sep 9

So touched by the city's response to #UncensoredDC

Thanks to our amazing partners.

Couldn't have done it w/o U!

@dcpl_literati Sep 16

Banned Books & Indie Picks

http://conta.cc/2bRjsuM

@flintridgebooks Sep 21

Monday, May 30, 2016

Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees Approve Library Funding for CLSA

Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees Approve Library Funding for CLSA

NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL: 5.24.2016 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists

This morning at the State Capitol, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance approved, without discussion, $1.8 million in “ongoing funding” for the California Library Services Act and $3 million in “one time funding” for CLSA to encourage innovative “digital delivery” projects among the 8 regional Systems. The vote of the Assembly Subcommittee was unanimous (5-0). Last week, the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance also approved the same funding motions for the CLSA on a unanimous vote of 3-0.

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The Subcommittees did not approve new funding for broadband grants this year.

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The Conference Committee will likely commence hearings after the Memorial Day weekend in order to meet the Constitutional deadline of June 15 to have the Budget passed and sent to the Governor. At this point in time, because the Senate and the Assembly adopted the exact same action on the CLSA items, we anticipate that this funding will remain in the Budget. READ MORE @

Monday, May 16, 2016

GOVERNOR BROWN RELEASES UPDATED 2016-17 BUDGET: Recommends No New Spending

GOVERNOR BROWN RELEASES UPDATED 2016-17 BUDGET

He recommends no new spending with tax revenues down $1.9 billion

News From the Capitol: 5.13.2016 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists

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The May Revision includes two minor adjustments that were requested by the State Library: an increase in $56,000 to account for a rent increase for its Sacramento facility, and $505,000 for “services, including publications, database subscriptions, and other resources.”

Highlighted below is additional funding that the Governor proposed for the California Library Services Act in his January Budget and is continued in the May Revise:

•Adding $1.8 million in ongoing funding to the current $1.8 million baseline

•Adding $3 million in one-time funding for the purpose of allowing the regional systems to explore more creative and effective ways to loan and share materials between libraries (e.g. “digital delivery.”)

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STATE’S LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RECOMMENDS LEGISLATURE REJECT CLSA PROPOSAL This week the state’s Legislative Analyst’s Office, the non-partisan unit that advises the Legislature and provides annual analysis of the Governor’s proposed Budget, is recommending that the legislature reject the $3 million proposal relative to the CLSA due to lack of specifics about the proposed expenditure.

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Instead the Analyst suggests that the item be deferred in this Budget year, to make way for a year of planning by the State Library, which would include a “proposed timeline for development and implementation and expected outcomes.” (However, this assumes that the Governor would include $3 million in next year’s Budget, which is clearly now an uncertainty given the declining state revenues.)

Next week the Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees on Education Finance will begin reviewing the Governor’s May Revision and will either accept, reject, or modify his January and May proposals. These subcommittees are the critical first step in ensuring that new library funding is included in the Budget. Without the support of the subcommittees, it is very difficult to include new funding for libraries down the road in the Budget negotiations. The subcommittees are on schedule to conclude their work by Friday, May 27. After that date, the full Senate and Assembly Budget Committees will meet, followed by the commencement of the powerful Budget Conference Committee process, where the final details will be reconciled between the conferees and the Governor. READ MORE @

Monday, April 11, 2016

ACTION ALERT :: Letters Needed in Support of Library Funding in California State Budget :: CLA

ACTION ALERT

Letters Needed in Support of

Library Funding in California State Budget

NEWS FROM THE CAPITOL: 4.08.2016 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro, CLA Lobbyists

The Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees have been meeting weekly at the State Capitol in order to review and to make recommendations regarding various program funding areas proposed in Governor Brown’s 2016-17 State Budget.

Send letters to 10 key legislators involved in the Budget process, in order to ensure that the California Library Association’s “Budget ask” is realized.

Letters are due by April 29.

ACTION REQUESTED

•Approve the Governor’s January Budget proposal to provide an additional $1.8 million in funding to the California Library Services Act. Budget Item 6120-211-0001.

•Approve the Governor’s January Budget proposal to provide $3 million in one-time funding to the California Library Services Act for the purpose of collaborative “digital delivery” uses. Budget Item 6120-215-0001.

•Approve a request by the California Library Association to provide $4 million in one-time funding for broadband connectivity grants in order to continue to bring public libraries on to a high-speed broadband “backbone” operated by the Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC).

•Approve a $1-2 million increase to the California Literacy Services program in order to restore public library literacy programs, provide enhanced resources for existing programs, and continue to address the backlog of adult literacy learners in need of assistance at the library.

Additional information on these items can be found on the CLA webpage in the Advocacy “Day In the District” section.

Please address letters to the following individuals and send them via mail or fax no later than April 29:

The Honorable Marty Block, Chair

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 4072 Sacramento, CA. 95814

Fax: (916) 651-4939

The Honorable Ben Allen, Member

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 2054 Sacramento, CA. 95814

Fax: (916) 651-4926

The Honorable John Moorlach, Member

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education Finance

State Capitol, Room 2048 Sacramento, CA. 95814

Fax: (916) 651-4937

The Honorable Kevin McCarty, Chair