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Arts groups urge restoration after committee cuts to cultural grants; staff apologizes for miscommunication
Summary
Witnesses from Montana arts organizations asked senators to restore funding cut by a subcommittee that reduced or withheld grants for groups that did not testify in January. Arts Council staff accepted responsibility for a communication error that led some applicants to believe they did not have to appear.
Representative John Fitzpatrick described House Bill 9 as the Cultural and Aesthetic Grant (CNA) program budget for microgrants funded by coal-tax interest. The subcommittee that originally considered the bill reduced awards for applicants that only submitted written testimony and removed funding for groups that did not appear; savings were reallocated to applicants that did appear.
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