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Committee backs statewide Imagination Library program, approves $320,000 appropriation as amended
Summary
The Senate Education Committee on Jan. 15 advanced Senate File 14 to fund and create a statewide Imagination Library program that mails books monthly to children ages 0–5, approving the bill as amended 4–1.
CHEYENNE — The Senate Education Committee on Jan. 15 passed Senate File 14 as amended to establish a statewide Wyoming Imagination Library program that would partner with a nonprofit to mail books monthly to children from birth through age 5 and provide a 50% state match to local affiliate costs.
Representative Yen, sponsor, told the committee the program would ensure “every single month, starting at birth, they get a book at no cost to the family,” and said a statewide structure would help smaller counties access the program without creating separate local nonprofit structures.
Samuel Wolf, who testified on behalf of the Dollywood Foundation program, told the committee: “We currently have 7,000 children in Wyoming registered in the program, which is about 22% of the total eligible population.” Wolf said the program model sends one book per month…
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