Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller, announced H.R. 4812, Local Jobs for America Act yesterday along with Reps. Keith Ellison and Phil Hare, Elizabeth Kautz, president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, and  Ronald  Loveridge, president of the  National League of Cities.  The goal of the bill is to create or save one million jobs, preferably local jobs that will increase the demand for small businesses and help spur recovery.  Included in the proposal is $23 billion to help states support an estimated 250,000 education jobs, as well as $500 million for 50,000 on-the-job training slots to help private business expand employment.

“Job cuts by local communities threaten to derail America’s economic recovery,” said Miller. “Local communities are having to choose between raising taxes to sustain essential services or firing more workers. We should not ask students to forgo a year of education or tell families that their safety will be compromised because local governments have to lay off teachers and police officers. This bill will quickly create local jobs that we can count – and jobs that we can count on.”

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