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Committee reviews S.232 to expand library eligibility for grants, add a 'Library Day' and clarify guidance
Summary
Legislative counsel walked the Senate Education Committee through S.232 on Jan. 30, which explicitly lists public libraries as eligible recipients for afterschool/summer grants, recognizes a Vermont Library Day, and adds duties for the Department of Libraries to publish grant and bonding guidance; committee members flagged the phrase "reasonable portion" for cannabis-tax allocations and asked for clearer definitions and governance language.
Tucker Anderson, legislative counsel, gave a high-level walk-through of S.232 on Jan. 30, saying the bill mostly clarifies eligibility and adds libraries to lists of eligible recipients for grants and programs. The bill would recognize Vermont Library's Day and add public libraries to the universal afterschool and summer fund's list of eligible recipients. One new sentence would require that a "reasonable portion of funding shall be allocated to the Department of Libraries" to support statewide summer reading and library afterschool grants; Anderson told the committee "there is no standard for what reasonable is" and recommended the…
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