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We are now the "MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION"
Watch for our new Logo and Webpage, to be unveiled at our Annual Conference, October 29, 2006
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Let's make SCHOOL LIBRARIES LEGAL in MA! 2005-06 Legislation Efforts:
PRESS RELEASE view (WORD document) Our Bill H1196 seeks to include school libraries in Chapter 70 funding. Currently the DOE neither provides leadership nor oversight of school libraries because libraries were not included in the basic Education Reform Chapter 70 funding even though the Department of Education specifications include library media centers in school construction plans. MORE
Schedule and message from our co-Chairpeople . Please ask our Massachusetts Legislators to make school libraries legal! The Massachusetts State Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education is conducting a “Listening Tour” across the state this fall to ask citizens for suggestions to improve our Education Reform Law (known as Chapter 70). Our members have testified at several hearings that we’d like them to support bill H1196, which includes school libraries in Education Reform. Until this language is included in Chapter 70, we have no standards or requirements for school libraries in our state—jeopardizing our jobs and our programs. Please print this letter out and send it to:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenuh.htm for Representative http://www.mass.gov/legis/memmenus.htm for Senators http://www.mass.gov/legis/citytown.htm for listing by Town/City March 22, 2005 . . Judi Paradis jparadis@mslma.org Doris Smith dsmith@mslma.org White Paper Written by Carol Gordon 
RUBRICS Evaluation ALL members should be evaluating their programs and sending results to Doris Smith, MSLMA Executive Director and Chair of the Legislative Committee. Data on the "state of MA school libraries" is critical to our efforts. Link to the Rubrics page and PDF download
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