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DesignLab STEAM grant ends early after federal cut; Fond du Lac library seeks ways to continue programming
Summary
A Department of Education grant that funded the library's DesignLab STEAM program will end a year early after the federal agency pulled funding; the library served nearly 500 children and is exploring options to preserve some programming.
The Fond du Lac Public Library announced that a federal grant that funded its DesignLab STEAM program will end one year earlier than planned after the Department of Education withdrew funding this month. Interim Library Director Lori Burgess told the City Council on Sept. 24 that "the Department of Education has pulled the funding for the final year" of a program that had provided more than $300,000 annually for four years.
The grant, administered locally by the nonprofit Dramatic Results, supported DesignLab's summer STEAM camps and related professional development. Burgess said the program reached nearly 500 children and targeted students eligible for…
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