State Library requests $400,000 for birth-to-5 Ready-to-Read literacy grants

Jun 15, 2026

The State Library of Oregon asked the Emergency Board Subcommittee for a one-time other-funds expenditure limitation increase of $400,000 to distribute Ready-to-Read birth-to-age-5 literacy grants to public libraries; the LFO recommended approval and the subcommittee approved the request.

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Wendy Cornelson, director of the State Library of Oregon, presented a request for a $400,000 other-funds expenditure limitation increase to support the Ready-to-Read birth-through-age-5 literacy grants administered by the Department of Early Learning and Care.

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