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Membership in the AASL Chapters Forum is open to all and may include the state-level school library association’s president/chair, other officers, conference chair, etc. Past Delegates and other interested stakeholders from the association may join the forum. This space provides an opportunity to share, discuss and ask questions from chapter colleagues across the country.

  • 1.  [Update] Right to Read Act 🏫: More Co-Sponsors Needed

    Posted Jul 26, 2023 04:24 PM

    Hello Chapter Leaders,

     

    Please share the below information widely.

     

    Thank you,

    Jen

     

    From: ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office

     

    Build support for fully staffed school libraries

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    In April, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) and Representative RaΓΊl Grijalva (D-AZ-07) re-introduced the Right to Read Act to protect our school libraries from censorship and disinvestment. Since then, 35 members of Congress have co-sponsored this critical legislation. School librarians need more support in their fight for their students' right to read.

    Every learner deserves a school librarian. Towards that goal, we need you and your colleagues to contact key library and education supporters in Congress to get them signed on to this bill. Click below to tell your members of Congress to support school libraries, then share this action with your community:

     

    Tell Your Members: Co-Sponsor the Right to Read Act!

    We need to steadily build support for this bill and show Congress that our school libraries are a priority. As a reminder, the Right to Read Act would:

    Β·        Protect the Constitutional rights of students to access information through effective school libraries staffed by school librarians

    Β·        Extend liability protections to teachers and school librarians

    Β·        Authorize $500 million in Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grants and $100 million for Innovative Approaches to Literacy Programs to help provide needed literacy resources and build strong and effective school libraries led by a certified school librarian

    Take action now to show Congress that the library community fights for less censorship and more resources for teaching and learning in our schools. To see if your member has co-sponsored, see these linked lists of House and Senate co-sponsors.

    Write to Congress, share, and spread the word about this crucial school library bill:

     

    Is Your Congressmember Co-Sponsoring Yet?

    Thank you for all you do for libraries and their learners!  

    ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Team 

     

     

     

    Contact Us
    ALA Public Policy & Advocacy Office
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    Phone: (202) 628-8410



  • 2.  RE: [Update] Right to Read Act 🏫: More Co-Sponsors Needed

    Posted Jul 27, 2023 05:45 AM

    Here is the direct link to contact your members of Congress:

    Tell Your Members: Co-Sponsor the Right to Read Act!

    {The red buttons were not clickable in my version of the email -- maybe you were experiencing the same problem.}

    In any case, it is very important to reach out to your members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor this legislation.

    Thank you!

    --Kathy



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    Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA
    AASL Immediate Past President, 2023-2024
    ALA Councilor At Large, 2021-2024
    ALA Committee on Legislation Member
    MASL Advocacy Chair, Past-President 2014
    School Librarian, East Middle School, Plymouth, MI
    kathylester.lib@gmail.com
    kathyL@mimasl.org
    Twitter: @LibraryL
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