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Library director warns of federal shutdown risk to state library services and potential state cuts to Ready-to-Read
Summary
The director told the board a federal shutdown could force state library layoffs and that Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funding faces uncertainty in reconciliation; state-level cuts to the Ready-to-Read program were discussed in percentage terms but exact impacts are not finalized.
The library director told the board that a federal government shutdown could force layoffs at the state library and that federal IMLS funding remains at risk in budget reconciliation. "If the government federal government does not open by November 30 ... they are going to have to lay off all of the library services staff at the state…
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