CA Assembly Budget SubComm Approves $10M "State Library Budget Package"

ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE APPROVES $10 MILLION “STATE LIBRARY BUDGET PACKAGE”

CLSA and Literacy programs would benefit from new money

May 21: Hearing

Assembly Budget Subcommittee Number 2 on Education Finance

Subject: Governor’s January Budget and May Revision

Approved:

~ $2.25 Million for public library broadband proposal

~ $1 Million in grants to help libraries connect to CENIC

“State Library Budget Package” $10 Million in new funding for public libraries:

Approve the May Revise Request for $192,000 and two positions

$2 million - California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program

$8 million - California Library Services Act

The Department of Finance indicated that they could not support the additional $10 million as it would create greater cost pressure on the state’s General Fund. The issue passed on a bi-partisan vote of 5-0 (Aye: Muratsuchi, Chavez, Dababneh, Nestande, and Ting).

The Senate Budget Subcommittee has no additional funding in their Budget for these two programs.

This will force the issue into the Budget Conference Committee (the members have been appointed yet) process.

~ will likely begin convening at the end of next week or the first part of June

~ send a Budget bill down to the Governor by June 15, the constitutional deadline

Look for additional report early next week; “next steps”; and contact information for the members of the Budget Conference Committee.

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CLA-News From the Capitol: 5.21.2014 by Mike Dillon & Christina DiCaro

Azusa Library :: Scrabble FUNraiser - Literacy: May 22

2nd Annual Azusa Scrabble Night

Adult Literacy Services – Azusa Library

May 22

Ticket price includes:  Dinner, 3 rounds of play and a raffle ticket.

Cash prizes awarded to top three contestants.

Tickets available at the Azusa City Library, City Hall & Chamber of Commerce and online or call (626) 334-1507. Additional raffle tickets can be purchased at the event.

Azusa Library

729 N. Dalton Ave.

Azusa, CA 91702

$15 in advance $20 at the door

6 pm - 9pm

Literacy Day - California African American Museum: May 17

“Heads Are Turning, Children Are Learning”
Literacy Day: May 17
10:30am – 4pm

California African American Museum

600 State Drive
Exposition Park

Come enjoy a day of FREE fun-filled learning and share your passion for reading at The California African American Museum!

Literacy Day features Synthia Saint James; Center Theatre Group's August Wilson Monologue Competition Finalists; honoring Morrie Turner, cartoonist, creator of the strip Wee Pals. The event also features various local LA authors for book signing and readings of their work.

Children's Book Week: May 12-18

#CBW14

Children’s Book Week

"Cover to Cover, Coast to Coast"

May 12-18, 2014 -- the 95th anniversary!

Established in 1919, Children's Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country. Every year, commemorative events are held nationwide at schools, libraries, bookstores, homes -- wherever young readers and books connect!

Children's Book Week is administered by Every Child A Reader, a 501(c)(3) literacy organization dedicated to instilling a lifelong love of reading in children. The Children's Book Council, the national non-profit trade association for children's book publishers, is an anchor sponsor.

In 2008, the Children's Choice Book Awards Program was created to provide young readers with an opportunity to voice their opinions about the books being written for them and to develop a reading list that will motivate children to read more and cultivate a life-long love of reading. Winners are announced live during Children's Book Week at the Children's Choice Book Awards Gala, the Academy Awards of children's literature. This year, voting from March 25 -- May 12.

Los Angeles Public Library: It's a Match

It’s a Match Part 1

LAPL Adult Literacy Services

READ Newsletter: Spring 2014

Carol’s Story By Tutor Carol Camus-Niwa

I love working with Maria, because she’s a lot like me! She’s always on time, does all her homework, and is very smart and ambitious. She’s the “supermom” with two children still living at home, (one with special needs), who makes sure her kids are being properly tended to at school and at home, and for that she needs the poise of being able to speak and write confidently and correctly to administrators, teachers and therapists.

After retiring from teaching English as a Second Language in adult school, I spent most of my leisure time reading, which I’ve always loved, riding bicycles, hiking, and having lunch with my “old-lady” friends; but teaching was always a pleasure for me, never seemed like work. I found out about the literacy program at a library one day and, as they say, the rest is history. The books we are given to work within the literacy program put a lot of emphasis on grammar and syntax for native speakers, but Maria is not a native speaker, so we supplement our materials with “ESL” books, which break things down into past, present and future . . .

Maria’s Story By Learner Maria Anguiano

One thing I like about my class is that we meet at a convenient time, when my children are at school. My teacher has a lot of patience with me, because there are many things I don’t understand. I have learned a lot in the last nine months since we started working together. When I read to my kids, my pronunciation is better and I understand the stories I read to them because I understand some of the ways that indicate past, present and future. I can recognize more words now.  READ MORE !

Literacy Infographics - Literate Nation

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Redlands Library - Literacy FUNraiser: May 8

Redlands Adult Literacy Fundraiser

May 8, 2014

Pump Boys and Dinettes

The Redlands Adult Literacy Program will hold a fundraiser at the Footlighters Theater, located at 1810 Barton Road, Redlands.  The evening will begin with a wine and appetizer reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by the play “Pump Boys and Dinettes” at 8:00 p.m.  The ticket purchase of $25 includes an opportunity to win door prizes.  Please invite your friends and join us for a fun evening that supports adult literacy in our community!

Checks to purchase tickets should be made payable to the Friends of A. K. Smiley Public Library, with a memo reference of Footlighters.  Purchase tickets at or send check with return address, to: Redlands Adult Literacy Program, A. K. Smiley Public Library, 125 West Vine St. Redlands, CA 92373.

Questions?  Please call 909.798.7565, ext. 4138 or email: literacy@akspl.org.