{"id":525827,"date":"2010-04-13T09:54:53","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2010-04-13T09:54:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T13:54:53","slug":"act-now-to-help-save-education-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/525827","title":{"rendered":"Act Now To Help Save Education Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/home\/37894.htm\">State of the  Union Address<\/a>, President Obama called on Congress to send him a new  jobs bill to sign. He said it should be \u201cour number-one focus in 2010.\u201d<em> <\/em>The House of Representatives has already passed the NEA-supported  Jobs for Main Street Act, which would save or create hundreds of  thousands of education jobs, and provide a critical infusion of funds  into struggling communities.<a href=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/job-cuts.jpg\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/classroom3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-7124\" title=\"classroom\" src=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/classroom3-580x230.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Now, it is the Senate\u2019s turn.  The NEA urges the Senate to, at minimum, support the Jobs for Main  Street Act as passed by the House. Some points to consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quick action is needed. State budget outlooks\u00a0for 2010 and 2011 look  bleak, and governors and state legislatures have already begun to  grapple with this budget crisis.\u00a0Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/ARRASFSFImpactbyState.pdf\">how much  funding your state will lose<\/a> once the stimulus legislation expires,  unless Congress provides more funding in a jobs bill.<\/li>\n<li>In addition to $4 billion for school construction, the bill includes  an Education Jobs Fund \u2014 $23 billion that will help states retain or  create an estimated 250,000 education jobs over the next two years. This  fund will have an immediate impact. Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nea.org\/assets\/docs\/Education_Jobs_Fund_Preliminary_State_Estimates.pdf\">how  many education jobs the House-passed bill will save in your state<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This important legislation represents a critical step in helping  stimulate economic recovery. Public education is the best  investment\u2014both in the short term and long term\u2014for our economy, our  schools, and our students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Your quick action will make a difference. <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.capwiz.com\/nea\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=14474636&amp;type=CO\">Contact  your senators today<\/a> and urge them to pass a jobs package that  includes, at a minimum, the investments in education provided in the  House-passed bill.<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educationvotes.nea.org%2F2010%2F02%2F01%2Fhelp-save-education-jobs%2F&amp;linkname=Act%20Now%20To%20Help%20Save%20Education%20Jobs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.educationvotes.nea.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" alt=\"Share\/Bookmark\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his State of the Union Address, President Obama called on Congress to send him a new jobs bill to sign. He said it should be \u201cour number-one focus in 2010.\u201d The House of Representatives has already passed the NEA-supported Jobs for Main Street Act, which would save or create hundreds of thousands of education [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4160,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}