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Committee adopts substitute for library board appointment process after contested hearing
Summary
A committee substitute for Senate Bill 71 cleared the committee 7–3 after testimony from library associations and county officials about the role of the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives in local board nominations.
Senator Gary Boswell told the Senate State and Local Government Committee that Senate Bill 71 (committee substitute) is a compromise intended to adjust the local library board nomination process. The committee advanced the substitute on a 7–3 vote after testimony from library directors and association representatives who said the substitute restored the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives (KDLA) as a middle step in nominations and that they prefer KDLA be removed from that role.
Why it matters: the bill affects how local library boards are nominated and how the…
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