Senate panel probes Strong Reader Partnership spending and State Library oversight of Imagination Library program
A Senate budget subcommittee questioned why the Strong Reader Partnership spent roughly $1.1 million with limited documentation, probed vendor invoices that coincided with legislation, and pressed the California State Library for clearer oversight; the Department of Finance will conduct an independent audit.
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Chair Perez convened a follow-up oversight hearing as members of the California State Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Education pressed state officials and Strong Reader Partnership (SRP) representatives for clearer accounting of how state funds were spent to expand the Dolly Parton Imagination Library in California.
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