Washington Moms Do it Again!!!
I just saw a reference in the AASL Blog to this posting in School Library Journal about school library programs being supported in a most concrete and dynamic way.
After months of wrangling, Washington lawmakers late last night passed the basic education reform bill, which includes a permanent line item for school library materials—and an allocation of funds to pay for a certified librarian in every K–12 school by 2018.
This is just amazing!! At a time when school librarians are being replaced with paraprofessionals and library budgets are being slashed across the nation, Washington is going against the big wave. And as we all know, it is coming about because three moms were not going to let the library programs become sacrificial lambs to the budget knife.
This is an incredible testament to the tenacity and advocacy of someone dedicated to a cause. Can we replicate this in any other state?
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