[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] Senate passes ‘education jobs’ supplemental bill

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: <jterry at alawash.org>
Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 2:01 PM
Subject: [District Dispatch] Senate passes ‘education jobs’ supplemental
bill
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District Dispatch has posted a new item, 'Senate passes ‘education jobs’
supplemental bill'

Today the Senate voted 61-39 to distribute $10 billion in supplemental
spending
to states to retain or hire back laid-off K-12 educators, including school
librarians.

This vote is a huge win for the education community as well as school
librarians who are in school districts that could not afford to keep them
employed for the 2010-11 school year.

As is usually case in Washington, “politics” came in to play, and in order
to get the needed votes, leadership had to include “off-sets” into the
bill. “Off-sets” are funds that are rescinded from other sources in the
federal budget to pay for another program or one-time spending
appropriation.

Unfortunately, the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) was one
of
the programs that received cuts. It took a $302 million rescission from the
money that was appropriated in last year’s stimulus bill. BTOP is a package
of stimulus programs administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce that
will
soon grant a second round of funding for broadband projects, including some
for
public computing centers (PCCs) that includes libraries.  It is unclear how
these cuts may affect any of the library-related proposals under
consideration.

The House of Representatives still needs to approve the changes the Senate
made
to this supplemental package.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to
call
the House members back from their August recess on Tuesday, August 10, to
make
a final vote on this bill before sending to the president for his approval.

Jeffrey P. Kratz
Assistant Director

You may view the latest post at
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5212

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Diedre Conkling
Lincoln County Library District
P.O. Box 2027
Newport, OR  97365
Work phone & fax:  541-265-3066
Work email:  diedre at beachbooks.org
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