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Idaho Libraries seek ongoing funding to sustain digital-access grant, expand subgrants
Summary
The Idaho Commission for Libraries outlined spending plans for federal digital-access grants, requested ongoing state reimbursement authority for library broadband costs and described how federal ARPA and IIJA grants have funded summer programs and other services.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee heard from the Idaho Commission for Libraries on plans to implement a federal "Digital Access for All Idahoans" grant and other library funding requests, including reimbursement under the Education Opportunity Resource Act.
The agency told the committee that it expects ongoing federal grant activity tied to the Digital Access for All Idahoans program and asked the committee to approve ongoing spending authority to continue implementing the program alongside the Idaho Broadband Office. State Librarian and Director Stephanie Bailey White said the commission launched subgrants and received 39 applications in the first round.
The commission and the budget analyst described several funding sources the agency has used recently. Brooke Dupree, a budget and policy analyst with the legislative services office, said Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds authorized under the American Rescue…
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