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Library director urges attention to state proviso; conference committee will decide funding terms next week
Summary
Amanda told the board two competing state proviso versions could change state aid requirements; she urged members to contact legislators before the conference committee meets.
The library director told the board a state budget proviso in conference committee next week will determine which version governs state aid to libraries and could affect how the county’s state aid is administered.
Amanda said libraries statewide have been advocating for the House version of the proviso because it preserves libraries’ existing approach to collections without adding the additional requirements contained in the Senate version. She urged board members to contact conference committee members if they wished to weigh in; she noted none of the conference committee members are local to Beaufort County but that they represent statewide interests.
The board received the update; no formal advocacy motion was made during the meeting.
