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Tipp City library director warns House budget proposal would 'drastically reduce' library funding
Summary
Lisa Santucci, director of the Tipp City Public Library, told the council that House Bill 96 would eliminate the Public Library Fund and replace it with a line-item budget, putting library funding at risk and potentially forcing localities to pay for libraries themselves.
Lisa Santucci, director of the Tipp City Public Library, told the Tipp City Council on April 18 that a proposed Ohio House budget change — described in her remarks as House Bill 96 — would “drastically reduce the funding for all public libraries” by eliminating the dedicated Public Library Fund and replacing it with a line-item budget.
Santucci said the library’s lobbyists have warned that within two years “all…
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