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Urge President Biden and your Legislators to Invest in Library Infrastructure!

Please ask that crucial funding for libraries is included in the upcoming infrastructure package.

President Biden released his infrastructure plan, and it fails to include funding for library facilities. Libraries are part of our infrastructure, and the time to invest is now.

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Urge your Members of Congress to #FundLibraries in FY2022!

Please ask that they sign onto the Dear Appropriator letters for the LSTA and IAL.

President Biden is expected to soon submit an outline of his proposed budget spending requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, which includes federal funding amounts for libraries. We need your help NOW until the final budget is signed in order to ensure that libraries are fully funded in the next fiscal year.

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Urge your Representative to Save Education Jobs!

Please ask that they co-sponsor the Save Education Jobs Act of 2021.

The Save Education Jobs Act of 2021 aims to save roughly 4 million education-related jobs (including school librarians), stimulate economic growth in our current pandemic and ongoing economic crisis, and ensure that students are receiving the best possible learning in the midst of our new virtual schooling environment.

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  • 2020 Census
  • Copyright
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