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Committee deadlocks on $2.5 million digital-access library grant after partisan debate
Summary
JFAC did not approve the Idaho Commission for Libraries’ $2.5 million "Digital Access for All Idahoans" grant after a substitute motion to strip the grant and later an original-motion vote both failed under the committee's split voting procedure.
A proposed $2.5 million grant for the Idaho Commission for Libraries’ "Digital Access for All Idahoans" program failed to advance in JFAC on March 7 after extended debate and two roll-call attempts that did not achieve the committee’s required confirmations.
Background and motions: Brooke Dupree, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented the Commission for Libraries’ budget and enhancements, which included enhancement 51: a $2,500,000 grant for the digital-access program. Senator Carlson offered a substitute motion to limit the commission’s FY2026 funding to $82,400 (removing the $2.5 million digital grant). Senator Carlson said…
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