As a follow-up to the ISTE post re: ed. cuts, the following post from the
ALA has some facts that may be of interest to many on the museum-l list.
>>From [log in to unmask] Sun Feb 26 04:36:12 1995
>Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 17:29:56 -0500
>From: ALA Washington Office <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply to: ALA Washington Office Update <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Multiple recipients of list ALA-WO <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: ALAWON, Vol. 4, No. 15
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> ISSN 1069-7799
> ALAWON
> ALA Washington Office Newsline
> An electronic publication of the
> American Library Association Washington Office
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> Volume 4, Number 15
> February 24, 1995
>
> In this issue: (164 lines)
> ACTION ALERT: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT LIBRARY PROGRAMS
> CONTACT HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE LISTED BELOW
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> ACTION ALERT: IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT LIBRARY PROGRAMS
>
>As reported in yesterday's ALAWON, major rescissions (or defunding) of FY
>1995 library program appropriations have been recommended by the House
>Appropriations Subcommittee for Labor, Health and Human Services, and
>Education. The subcommittee vote was straight down party lines, with all
>Republicans voting for the cuts. This is like all the other markup votes
>by other appropriations subcommittees cutting many programs, including
>agencies benefitting libraries such as the National Endowments for the Arts
>and Humanities.
>
>The following is a more complete table of selected library and related
>programs slated for cuts in FY95 funding, as approved by various House
>appropriations subcommittees on February 22 or 23:
>
>PROGRAM FY95 FUNDING FY95 AMOUNT PROPOSED
> (in millions) FOR DEFUNDING
> (in millions)
>
>LSCA II pub. lib. construction $ 17.8 $ 15.3
>LSCA VI lib. literacy program 8.0 8.0
>HEA II-B lib. ed. & training 4.9 4.9
>HEA II-B lib. research & demo. 6.5 6.5
>ESEA III educ. tech 40.0 30.0
>Star schools 30.0 30.0
>School facilities 100.0 100.0
>Inexp. book distrib. (RIF) 10.3 5.3
>Natl. Institute for Literacy 4.9 4.9
>Four other small literacy programs 41.1 41.1
>Natl. Endowment for the Arts 167.7 162.7
>Natl. Endowment for the Humanities 177.4 172.4
>Corp. for Public Broadcasting ($285.6m - cut 15% in FY96, 30% in FY97)
>NTIA Info. Infrastructure Grants 64.0 30.0
>
>WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? The full House Appropriations Committee will meet on
>March 2 to package all the subcommittee recommendations into one large
>rescission bill, and send it to the House floor. After House passage, the
>Senate Appropriations Committee would consider the measure. The cuts or
>terminations would not become effective until after House and Senate
>passage, any reconciling of House-Senate differences, and until after
>President Clinton signed the bill or Congress overrode a veto.
>
>STRATEGY: The ALA Washington Office staff will be participating with its
>major education coalition of 100 organizations, the Committee for Education
>Funding, in a day of visits to congressional offices on Tuesday, February
>28. The aim will be to show that in education and libraries, every dollar
>counts; to provide information about the impact of the proposed $1.7
>billion cut in education funding; to identify legislators who may support
>reversing the cuts; and to develop House and Senate strategy.
>
>ACTION NEEDED AT HOME: Every congressional office should hear from library
>constituents in opposition to the major cuts and terminations in these
>proposed rescissions. This is just the first step in a concerted campaign
>to slash deeper and terminate additional programs in the FY 1996 budget.
>An immediate and strong reaction from library supporters is critical, and
>will have an impact. Grassroots action could help in the House, and could
>have even more of an impact in the Senate.
>
>Call your Representative's local office, or call the Washington office of
>any Representative or Senator through the Capitol switchboard (202-225-3121
>for House offices, 202-224-3121 for Senate offices). More than 50
>Representatives and a small number of Senators have email addresses. A
>House directory of email address can be located on the Internet via the
>World Wide Web at http://www.house.gov. under Who's Who and How Do I
>Contact Them or by gopher to gopher.house.gov. The Senate has not yet made
>its members' address available through the Internet.
>
>Ask if your legislator would help to oppose the rescissions. Please send
>immediate feedback on the position of your legislator to the ALA Washington
>Office at 202-547-4440 or fax to 202-547-7363 or email to [log in to unmask]
>
>WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THESE CUTS? Here are some examples of the problems
>the rescissions would cause for specific library programs. Use any of
>these points, buttressed by local or state examples, in your contacts with
>legislators.
>
>LSCA II PUBLIC LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT. This
>particular rescission would be highly unprecedented and unfair because some
>states have already received LSCA II funds for FY95. LSCA II is a state
>formula grant program, but states must have local project applications with
>matching funds committed before applying to receive the state's share of
>appropriations. Because of the nature of construction projects, funds can
>be carried over to the following fiscal year, and the rate at which LSCA II
>funds are paid out is slower than for LSCA I and III.
>
>Five states or territories (Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island,
>and the Virgin Islands) have already received all their LSCA II funds for
>FY95. Another handful of states will receive all or most of their funds
>within the next few days. All other states would be unjustly penalized
>through withdrawal of their funds under the rescission proposal. In the
>past, rescissions have rarely been proposed for state formula grant
>programs where awards have already been made to some states.
>
>LSCA VI LIBRARY LITERACY PROGRAM. This program awards competitive grants
>directly to public and state libraries for library literacy projects. The
>proposed rescission is not just a cut, but a complete termination of a
>program where proposals are pending and peer review has already taken
>place. Combined with the additional $46 million in other literacy program
>terminations, the result would be $54 million less spent in helping adults
>to become literate productive members of society.
>
>HEA II-B LIBRARY EDUCATION/TRAINING. Grants would be made in May to
>graduate library schools for fellowships and to eligible awardees for
>training institutes. The Higher Education Act title II-B program helps
>recruit students to library science in areas of shortages such as
>children's librarians and technology, and helps recruit minorities to the
>field. Many library school faculty receive their doctorates through II-B
>assistance. Currently, 76 doctoral students would be cut off in mid-
>fellowship; many left jobs on the assumption that their fellowships would
>continue.
>
>HEA II-B LIBRARY RESEARCH/DEMONSTRATIONS. The proposed rescission of all
>$6.5 million in Higher Education Act II-B library demonstration funds is
>not possible, because $5 million of these funds have already been spent in
>two recent awards (to Iowa and West Virginia) of $2.5 million each for
>demonstrations of online access to statewide multitype library
>bibliographic databases using fiber optic networks. The remaining $1.5
>million is to be awarded in May for a demonstration project making federal
>information and other databases available for public use by connecting a
>multistate consortium of public and private colleges and universities to a
>public library and an historic library.
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