Please forgive any cross-posting.
I just sent the following text (in the form of a fax) to my senators.
Please join me in encouraging them to co-sponsor and support the bill
that Senator Harkin has introduced today.
A few minutes is all it takes to possibly save millions of jobs.
Feel free to borrow liberally and personalize the text to reflect the
facts for your state. I've included the fact chart below for the state
grant approximations to help you personalize your fax/letter.
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Fax text
Today, Senator Harkin is introducing a bill that will help stabilize
education jobs. For California this will mean more than 2.8 Billion
dollars in education jobs. This will impact California's school children
dramatically.
Please join Senator Harkin by agreeing to co-sponsor this bill. The bill
will create a $23 billion "Education Jobs Fund," modeled after the State
Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) that was established in the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
Currently the SFSF is supporting more than 300,000 education jobs - such
as teachers, librarians, counselors, and principals. Without additional
resources we will experience a "funding cliff" and more layoffs will
result.
With California at the bottom of the heap in regard to school library
funding I hope you will support this and add your name as co-sponsor to
this very important bill. We need the "Keep Our Educators Working Act"
to prevent further erosion of services in California's schools.
We need you to co-sponsor and support this bill today! I hope to hear
that you agree to co-sponsor this bill this is good for California's
kids and economy.
Education Jobs Fund -- $23 Billion
Estimated State Grants
State
Estimated grant amount
Alabama
$346,988,000
Alaska
$53,799,000
Arizona
$489,395,000
Arkansas
$211,104,000
California
$2,829,865,000
Colorado
$363,917,000
Connecticut
$256,875,000
Delaware
$64,146,000
District of Columbia
$42,544,000
Florida
$1,281,975,000
Georgia
$738,626,000
Hawaii
$91,546,000
Idaho
$117,759,000
Illinois
$977,564,000
Indiana
$478,137,000
Iowa
$224,279,000
Kansas
$213,987,000
Kentucky
$309,224,000
Louisiana
$340,737,000
Maine
$91,235,000
Maryland
$417,136,000
Massachusetts
$475,288,000
Michigan
$749,710,000
Minnesota
$386,894,000
Mississippi
$228,137,000
Missouri
$436,982,000
Montana
$70,760,000
Nebraska
$135,872,000
Nevada
$189,686,000
New Hampshire
$94,744,000
New Jersey
$630,975,000
New Mexico
$151,039,000
New York
$1,437,576,000
North Carolina
$682,635,000
North Dakota
$49,437,000
Ohio
$847,975,000
Oklahoma
$274,994,000
Oregon
$271,405,000
Pennsylvania
$902,797,000
Puerto Rico
$305,668,000
Rhode Island
$77,811,000
South Carolina
$331,504,000
South Dakota
$60,673,000
Tennessee
$450,900,000
Texas
$1,905,520,000
Utah
$232,028,000
Vermont
$44,529,000
Virginia
$572,494,000
Washington
$478,302,000
West Virginia
$126,258,000
Wisconsin
$415,931,000
Wyoming
$39,641,000
Source: Table prepared by the Congressional Research Service, April 9,
2010, based on U.S. Census Bureau population estimates for 2008.
Joy Millam
YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Committee (2006-2010)
Teacher Librarian/District Library Coordinator
Valencia High School
500 N. Bradford Ave.
Placentia, CA 92870
714-996-4970 x10015
jmillam@pylusd.org
http://www.vhstigers.org/library/mrs_millam.jsp?rn=1816497
http://booktalksandmore.pbwiki.com
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