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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Please note: I checked and MI legislatures have not yet signed on for 2019 so they need to hear from us! -Steve</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 6, 2018 11:33 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Steven Bowers<br>
<b>Subject:</b> #FundLibraries Update: Ask Your Rep to Support LSTA and IAL</font>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:24px; line-height:115%; text-align:left; color:black; text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold">Advocacy Alert:
</span><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:24px; line-height:115%; text-align:left; color:black; text-decoration:none; font-weight:normal">#FundLibraries Update</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>What Happened</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">This year's "Dear Appropriator" letters have started to circulate in the House, asking Representatives to preserve at least $210 million in federal library funding. One letter
asks members of the House Appropriations Committee to fully fund the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the second does the same for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>Why It Matters</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The battle for domestic spending is becoming more intense, and Congress is looking for programs to cut. The more members of Congress who sign these letters, the better the
chance that the Appropriators will preserve the funding for the LSTA and IAL programs. And as you know from our previous emails, these programs represent the bulk of the federal funding that is provided for libraries. Under the rules of LSTA, states are required
to match one third of their federal contribution. Any cut to LSTA in the FY 2019 budget will likely lead to a cut in library funding at the state level. Additionally, IAL is the only dedicated federal funding provided for school libraries.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>What You Can Do Now</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Many Representatives will only sign on to a "Dear Appropriator" letter if their constituents ask them! Use the
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Bernice Johnson (D-TX) to sign on to the IAL letter.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Time is short - the deadline for the letters is March 19th, so don't delay!</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">And stay tuned! The Senate will soon be circulating "Dear Appropriator" letters of their own. We'll be back with more updates soon.</span></span></p>
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