2010 Week 21

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TAKE ACTION MONDAY! Keep the calls and e-mails coming to save jobs! Ask colleagues, friends, and family to join the fight to save educator jobs:
• You can still call 1-866-608-6355 to contact your Representative in Congress. You will hear talking points and will be connected to the United States Capitol Switchboard – ask for your House Member. Tell your Representative that public education faces a budget catastrophe and that he/she should support including investments to save education jobs in the emergency funding bill (known as the “emergency supplemental” funding bill). Tell them it will save 3200 jobs in South Carolina.
• Continue to e-mail your Members of Congress to support funding to save education jobs in the emergency supplemental appropriations bill.
• Quality education leads to higher worker wages and increased worker productivity.
• Education reduces social aliments like crime, drug abuse and welfare dependency.

Legislative Update for the week of June 15-17, 2010
2010-11 Budget Vetoes
The legislature returned on June 15-17 to handle 107 budget vetoes from Governor Mark Sanford. The House of Representatives sustained (or agreed with) 51 of the vetoes, while overriding (didn’t agree with) 56 vetoes. The Senate has to complete its review of the 56 vetoes when both chambers return on June 29, including six education related-vetoes.

The education related vetoes that have been overridden by both the House and Senate are:

• Veto #1, Department of Education-High Schools that Work ($1,403,145)
• Veto #6, Department of Education-EEDA ($1,213,065)

All vetoes that are overridden by both the House of Representatives and the Senate will be included in the funding for the 2010-11 budget.

2010 Election Results
The SCEA obtained a 100% record, with all recommended candidates winning either in the June 8 primary or in the June 22 runoff. Following is the list of The SCEA recommended candidates:

House Dist. Rec. Candidate Votes/% Opposition Votes/% Election Results
41 Brown, Boyd 2117/52 Marcharia, Kamu 1949/48 Runoff-Brown-w
50 Brown, Grady 3044/55 Bryant, Ennis 2524/45 Brown-w
55 Hayes, Jackie 4158/66 Scott, Archie 2176/35 Hayes-w
61 Branham, Lester 779/60 Eaddy, Billy 556/40 Branham-w
68 Viers, Thad 2418/65 von Herrman, Bert 1286/35 Viers-w
80 Bales, Jimmy 1836/60 Jones, Neal 1200/40 Bales-w
84 Smith, Roland 1818/72 Swanson, Kathy 702/27 Smith-w
95 Govan, Jerry 2749/80 Jeffries, Brian 712/20 Govan-w
101 Saab, Ronnie 3492/65 Pinckney, john 1905/35 Saab-w
116 Brown, Robert 1590/70 Ward, Benjamin 691/30 Brown-w



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