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California museums and libraries warn of lost grants as IMLS, NEA and state programs face cuts
Summary
Leaders from the California State Library, California Arts Council and several major museums testified that IMLS and NEA terminations and state-level grant rescissions have jeopardized exhibits, school visits and technical services; witnesses asked legislators to restore $27.9 million in museum grant funding and consider other state remedies.
Directors of California's state library and arts agencies, and representatives of museums large and small, told legislators that federal and state funding disruptions are already interrupting education, preservation, and public‑facing programs.
Greg Lucas, California State Librarian, said federal IMLS payments were briefly canceled and then partly restored; at one point the state faced a roughly $3.4 million shortfall for the current fiscal year, and he said only 50% of next-year federal IMLS funds were guaranteed when he testified. “We had a $3,400,000 hole in this year's budget,” Lucas told the committee, adding that the partnership with IMLS supports statewide ebook systems and other…
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