[CALIBK12] State Budget Cuts - Please consider writing today

[Kelly Benning]

I certainly second what Jane has advocated! Here is my two-cents: 
ELIMINATE BTSA! This is a completely useless program for teachers who 
have already gone through a rigorous credential program. Please urge 
your legislators to dump BTSA ASAP!


Jane Lofton wrote:
> Dear CALIB members,
>  
> This morning, I saw the article in the Los Angeles Times  ( 
> http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-cuts14feb14,1,7024166.story ) 
> saying that the Senate Budget Panel has voted in favor of cutting $2 
> billion from the current State budget, with cuts including education 
> and healthcare, that Assembly Budget Panel will vote on these cuts 
> today, and it will go before the Legislature as early as tomorrow. I 
> decided I had to do something, so I wrote an email to my Assembly 
> person who is on the Assembly Budget Panel. While I am sure you can 
> improve on the quick note I wrote, I am pasting it at the bottom of 
> this message in case it helps some of you get started on a letter of 
> your own. *Please *consider writing to your own assembly members if 
> they are on the budget  panel, and to other panel members. The list of 
> Assembly Budget Committee members is at 
> http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=4 . Or, 
> perhaps some of you have other suggestions for effective action which 
> I would really welcome!
>  
> All six librarians in my district (Las Virgenes USD) were informed by 
> our Superintendent last week that we, along with many other vital 
> programs, are on the potential cut list next year due to the budget 
> crisis. We will welcome any advice from our legislative committee or 
> other CALIB members on the most effective way to advocate against both 
> state and district budget cuts.
>  
> Jane Lofton
>
> __________________________
>
> Jane Lofton
>
> Teacher-Librarian
>
> Lindero Canyon Middle School
>
> 5844 Larboard Ln.
>
> Agoura Hills, CA 91301
>
> (818)889-2134 x230
>
> email: jane at lofton.com or jlofton at lvusd.org 
>
> Here is the note I sent:
>  
> Dear Julia Brownley,
>  
> Thank you so much for meeting with me and the other librarians from 
> our district on February 1. We very much appreciate your strong 
> support of education and libraries.
>  
> I understand from reading the Los Angeles Times this morning that the 
> Senate Budget Panel just voted in favor of $2 billion cuts to 
> education, and that the Assembly panel is expected to do so this week 
> also. I appreciate the fact that our State is experiencing a serious 
> budget crisis. However, we simply cannot allow our children's 
> education to suffer as a result. Our spending per pupil is already way 
> below the national average, so any cuts to education will be 
> detrimental to our children. /Please, please/ vote against this cut 
> and insist that the State find other revenue sources through taxes to 
> make up the deficit.
>  
> Thank you so much for your consideration.
>  
> Sincerely,
>  
> Jane Lofton
> Teacher Librarian
> Lindero Canyon Middle School
> 5844 Larboard Ln.
> Agoura Hills, CA 91301
>  
> District 41 Resident
> 4438 Guildhall Ct.
> Westlake Village, CA 91361
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