[CASL-L] Fwd: Federal School Funding Bill Needs our Support

[CASL President]

Hello School Library Advocates,

 Please sign the petition to contact your elected officials in Congress to
pass the Coronavirus Child Care and Education Relief Act (CCCERA).

 Use this automated petition form supplied by EveryLibrary and
SaveSchoolLibrarians.org:
https://www.saveschoollibrarians.org/cccera_petition

In July, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senate
Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), introduced the Coronavirus Child
Care and Education Relief Act (CCCERA). As described by the Alliance for
Excellent Education
<https://all4ed.org/federal-flash-whats-in-patty-murrays-430-billion-coronavirus-relief-plan-for-education/>,
CCCERA is "the largest proposed congressional relief package for education
yet, totaling $430 billion. On top of the $30 billion already provided
under the CARES Act
<https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CCCERA%20Fact%20Sheet%20062920.pdf>,
Senator Murray's bill would infuse an additional $345 billion in
stabilization funding for higher education and K–12 schools. Like CARES,
funds would be split between three emergency relief funds for Governors
($33 billion), state departments of education ($175 billion), and
institutions of higher education ($132 billion). Funds could be used for a
number of activities to help districts reopen safely and improve remote
learning, in addition to addressing learning loss and students' social and
emotional needs.

Besides providing more stabilization funds, the Coronavirus Child Care and
Education Relief Act improves on the CARES Act in key ways. First, it would
increase funding for K–12 programs for historically underserved students,
including an additional $11 billion each for Title I and for IDEA, $1
billion for English learners, and $500 million for homeless children and
youth. Second, Senator Murray's bill includes the Emergency Educational
Connections Act of 2020
<https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CCCERA%20Fact%20Sheet%20062920.pdf>,
which would provide $4 billion to schools through the E-rate program to
improve home internet access. Finally, CCCERA has stronger protections to
ensure funds are spent equitably. In order to receive funds, states would
need to promise to maintain their own education spending for three years
and to use funds to supplement, not supplant, state and local dollars.
These requirements would help make sure federal funds do more than backfill
state cuts."

More details at
https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/CCCERA%20Fact%20Sheet%20062920.pdf



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*Debra E Kachel*Affiliate Faculty, Antioch University Seattle
K-12 Library Media Endorsement Program
<http://www.antiochseattle.edu/academics/school-of-education/teaching-endorsements/library-media/>
717-575-3886
2014 AASL Distinguished Service Recipient
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