Awareness+and+Advocacy+Committee

School Library System Council Chairs
Janelle DeCicco, General Brown Central School District

Members
Cynthia Tidd, Alexandria Central School District Tasha Laverghetta, Copenhagen Central School District

Hi All, Please take the time to advocate for libraries. Our School Library System operates under three budgets. We have received the money from only one of these budgets. The other two are part of the Education, Labor and Family Assistance (ELFA) Article VII bill. See below the letter from Michael Borges for the link to the NYLA website [|www.nyla.org] where an updated letter is now on the Online Advocacy Center for you the send to your state legislator reminding them to pass the Education, Labor and Family Assistance (ELFA) Article VII bill. Thank you for your support at this crucial time. April

Dear Library Advocate, ====The Legislature is expected to return to the state Capitol on Monday, November 29th to address some unfinished business, among which are passing the Education, Labor and Family Assistance (ELFA) Article VII bill that will allow the distribution of supplemental system aid and continue to allow the state Education Commissioner to grant waivers from local maintenance of effort requirement (that if not allowed could result in 25% reductions in state aid). The Legislature is also expected to pass legislation accepting and distributing the additional federal stimulus funds to school districts.====

[|www.nyla.org] click on Library Advocate/Contact Your Elected Officials icon.
====Once again, we will be promoting Library Snapshot Day during the week of Feb. 13th – 19th, where we ask all types of libraries to gather statistics, testimonials and photos from library users during that week and post them on the [|www.protectnylibraries.org] website. The information gathered will be used for both state and local advocacy efforts.====