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State library agency pauses Fairhope library funding pending review of youth materials
Summary
The Alabama Public Library Service paused the next state funding distribution to the Fairhope Public Library while the agency reviews questions raised about the placement or appropriateness of certain materials for minors; city officials said the pause is temporary and contingent on an APLS investigation.
Fairhope City officials told the City Council during the April 8 work session that the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) has paused the next state funding distribution to the Fairhope Public Library while it investigates complaints about certain library materials and their placement for minors.
Mayor Sullivan and council members said the pause affects only state quarterly funding (about $42,000 annually in total state support for the library) and that the library has already received two of the quarterly payments this fiscal year. “There was not defunding. A pause,” a city official told the council when members sought clarification on the status of the state funds.
Nut graf: The pause was taken by the state board pending an investigation into whether some items are properly located or…
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