Please see the forwarded message from ALA. Please support school libraries by calling Senator Stabenow's and Sentator Peter's offices. It is easy to do following the ALA instructions at the forwarded "Call Now!" link. Thank you! -Kathy Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA MAME Past-President, 2014 School Librarian/Technology Integrationist East Middle School, Plymouth-Canton Schools *2012 **State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner* <http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-19270_20585-289712--,00.html> kathyL@mimame.org cell: 810-333-5873 *From: *"ALA Washington Office" <districtdispatch@alawash.org> *Sent: *Tuesday, July 7, 2015 10:01:53 AM *Subject: *Support School Libraries We have been told that the Senate will begin debating S.1177, the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015, a bill that would reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as early as tomorrow. Now is the time to call your Senators to ask that they support the bipartisan Reed-Cochran library amendment when S.1177 comes to the floor of the Senate! For more information about the Reed-Cochran amendment, click here <http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAx-xbMkJ9wzVPWzaJLESFcxYF2KWWJ6L2IVVP49Hvam84Ui_VifKOyOi-yoapsGbOHSKUqmcz65btljpjZeQyp4-dUAVaLy03ppJPcIr3YGy72b5dExreTFJ8zaK4KFigmomRhYR9fwtGybJEp4c-kVQLw57HwCnQTAGFf83iy36u9ouOVzQZLhXhHqQpYtYq2mgozHsuSzyKSKVaMAY8nplaqdhx9rZSfs7qAnTkfRA0qP0O_pfshWTlxoDvMcKEKz0bTZHsfL9qLBqkZRrs_iA&lp=0> (pdf). Call Now! <http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/take-action?engagementId=114675&ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxV2M-et4ECJOQ-VhZYFHYBLGmII_STZy2aLqCtAW3Mj5NGB2yavo9Ndm52nNJaxMquO8g7VgBTzuUlngCyAhY0s9MgVCPMJwuHjEaSZaakOM&lp=0> Unsubscribe <http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/subscriptions?r=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxCsHusIABBKeCFScF9HE8pIwmTeXfy53PX6ASRzmwjp4> [image: Powered by CQRC Engage] <http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/thru?ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxDd4pz5FOvg0dSdpm0qUxtWX_sczmhaIiBE-gIY5P9ZxWT-jKPykYp5zS5kP90pzUSIJviMFHoVEE2EcN-i2oa60ob9kYBT0sjGLo3Nig3P361PmNlIBHIxUfgAxQQdLW&lp=0>