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Educators voice support for jobs bill
Posted: 5/4/2010 3:20:05 PM
NEA Directors Laura Vernon, Kay Hansen and Brad Lutes (above) joined fellow NEA Directors Hedy Eischeid and Shelly Moore along with WEAC Secretary/Treasurer Betsy Kippers (below) in visiting the staffs of Wisconsin Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold on Thursday (April 29) to voice their support for – and urge passage of – the Local Jobs for America Act.
The Local Jobs for America Act includes $23 billion for an Education Jobs Fund to create/save public sector jobs, including 250,000 education jobs. Additionally, the bill would also make available as much as $15 billion directly to local governments to create/save education jobs.
For more on the Local Jobs for America Act and other jobs-related bills in Congress, visit the NEA’s page on Education Funding.
