[Libs-Or] Fwd: [District Dispatch] Senate subcommittee marks up Labor HHS bill

[Diedre Conkling]

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From: <jterry at alawash.org>
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 1:59 PM
Subject: [District Dispatch] Senate subcommittee marks up Labor HHS bill
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District Dispatch has posted a new item, ‘Senate subcommittee marks up Labor
HHS bill'

The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations
Subcommittee marked up its FY 2011 appropriations bill on Tuesday.  While
not
all numbers have been released yet, Improving Literacy Through School
Libraries, the only program solely for school libraries in the Department of
Education, is being level funded at $19.145 million.  Level funded means
that
the program is being funded at the same level (or same dollar amount) as in
FY
2010.  This news comes as much of a relief in the school library community,
as
President Obama in his budget request last February had asked for this
program
to be consolidated with five other literacy programs.

This would mean that Improving Literacy Through School Libraries would be
fighting for the same pot of money as other literacy programs.  Fortunately
for
school libraries, Congress chose to ignore that request and keep its own
dollar
amount for the next fiscal year.

A full committee mark-up of the FY 2011 Labor, Health and Human Services,
and
Education bill is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.  More numbers should be
made public after that meeting, including the 2011 LSTA funds.

Jeff Kratz
Assistant Director, OGR

You may view the latest post at
http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=5190

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Best regards,
Jacob Roberts
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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
Home email:  diedre08 at gmail.com
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