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Action necessary:
►Please
send an e-mail or call your Senator and Representative and wish
them well in the 2007 session.
►Print
and distribute this message to colleagues and friends.
Calendar:
►No
committee meetings this week in Juneau.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 |
WELCOME
BACK
NEA-Alaska has been
making the rounds at the capitol building for the past two
days. NEA-Alaska met with a dozen lawmakers over the past two
days. A bi-partisan mix of Senators and Representatives.
NEA-Alaska has been stressing the priorities of Adequate Funding
and Retirement Matters.
Most of Tuesday was
designated for the swearing in of lawmakers and reading of bills
for the first time. An interesting development was the House
referral of House Bill 1 (Base Student Allocation) directly to
the Finance committee. In past years such legislation has
merited three committee referrals. It could be the pressure of
trying to finish session in a shorter timeframe this year.
Voters approved a 90 day session in November and it will go into
effect in 2008. This year could be the dry run.
ETHICS
Tomorrow, lawmakers will
spend the day in an ethics workshop. This will keep things
quiet in the legislative hallways until at least next week.
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MESSAGE FROM YOUR LOBBY TEAM
We know you are busy and
we will strive to keep the LCS readable and succinct. When
legislation is scheduled for public hearings we will let you
know. If you have questions please e-mail us or give us a
call. Thanks for your continued advocacy for public education!
Bill Bjork, NEA-Alaska
President
Lydia Garcia, Interim Executive Director
John Alcantra, Government Relations
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