Please take action <https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=nIEyi2PUmmyFROUpyUVuD&lang=en.> by contacting your Representative in the Michigan House to oppose HB4922 <https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4922> which would eliminate school librarian licensure *before* November 5, 2025. If this law were to pass, we believe it would contribute to decreased literacy scores and also Michigan would be the *only* state in the nation without school librarians licensing. Click here <https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=nIEyi2PUmmyFROUpyUVuD&lang=en> for a 'one-click' simple way to contact your legislator to oppose this bill. *It only takes one minute!* Also, please share this action widely with others. Take Action: Contact your Representative in the Michigan House to Oppose the Elimination of School Librarian Licensing <https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=nIEyi2PUmmyFROUpyUVuD&lang=en> Thank you for taking action and sharing with others! Let me know if you have any questions. --Kathy Lester Also, if you have *more than one minute - *taks the following two actions. 1) Email the committee clerk, Brittany Middaugh (bmiddaugh@house.mi.gov) with a simple statement to record your opposition to bill HB4922 in the November 5, 2025 House Education and Workforce Committee minutes. *Thank you to some who have already emailed the clerk for the October meeting.* *We also want to thank the following organizations for their statements of opposition: Michigan PTA, Michigan Reading Association, Michigan Academic Library Association, MACUL, Michigan Council of Teachers of English, Michigan Library Association, Michigan Department of Education, Education Trust Midwest, and the Michigan Education Association.* 2) Email all of the Republicans on the House Education and Workforce Committee with your opposition (please feel free to steal the language of the email in the one-click call to action). Here are the email addresses of the seven Republicans on the committee. Representative Nancy DeBoer is the Committee Chair. "Rep. Nancy DeBoer (District 86)" <NancyDeBoer@house.mi.gov>, RyleeLinting@house.mi.gov, BradPaquette@house.mi.gov, "Rep. Joseph D. Fox (District 101)" <JosephFox@house.mi.gov>, "Rep. Tom Kunse (District 100)" <TomKunse@house.mi.gov>, AliciaStGermaine@house.mi.gov, JosephPavlov@house.mi.gov, Kathy Lester, MLIS, MA Adjunct Faculty,* Wayne State University, School of Information Science* School Library Consultant, *Kent ISD* Advocacy Co-Chair, Past-President 2014, *Michigan Association of School Librarians (MASL)* Past-President, 2022-2023, *American Association of School Librarians (AASL)* Retired School Library Media Specialist / Technology Coach, *Plymouth-Canton Community Schools* *SL21 Model Library, 2017-2018SL21 Exemplary Ranking - Michigan School Libraries for the 21st Century 2013-2022ISTE Making IT Happen Award Winner2017 MAME Michigan School Library Program of the Year2012 State Librarian's Excellence Award Winner* kathyL@mimasl.org twitter: @LibraryL <https://twitter.com/LibraryL> "Every school librarian is a leader; every learner has a school librarian" --American Association of School Librarians <https://www.ala.org/sites/default/files/aasl/content/advocacy/statements/docs/AASL_Position_Statement_Effective_SLP_2018.pdf> (AASL)