August 10, 2010 3:43 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved legislation that will save or create 319,000 American jobs in local communities, including 161,000 teacher jobs, and also discourages American corporations from shipping jobs overseas. By a vote of 247 to 161, the House passed H.R. 1586, the Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act. President Obama indicated he would sign the legislation into law later today.
...Under the bill, California will receive an estimated $1.8 billion in Medi-Cal assistance and $1.2 billion in emergency education funding. It is estimated that 16,500 California teacher jobs would be saved by this funding, including an estimated 249 education jobs in Miller’s 7th Congressional District, which includes portions of Solano and Contra Costa counties.
Miller said that he has indicated to the Department of Education that the education funds should be sent out to the states and distributed to local communities as quickly as possible.
We can only hope between the 24 or so school districts in Solano and Contra Costa, that Martinez Unified secures enough federal aid to save a few jobs. Our teachers at John Muir however, will still need our help in the classroom. We're looking forward to a volunteer corp to help alleviate the loss of Class Size Reduction (CSR) in grades 1-3. Kindergarten will most likely retain CSR with funds raised from the $20 for 20 campaign.
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