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Library's solutions include closures, layoffs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Closing facilities, laying off employees, cutting back student programs and pushing for an excess levy are all possibilities Kanawha County Public Library officials are considering as they plan how to move forward without funding from the Board of Education.
Last week, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Kanawha County school board is no longer required by law to divert a portion of its budget for the public library each year -- meaning a funding loss of about 40 percent of the library's total $8 million budget.
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Library's solutions include closures, layoffs
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Closing facilities, laying off employees, cutting back student programs and pushing for an excess levy are all possibilities Kanawha County Public Library officials are considering as they plan how to move forward without funding from the Board of Education.
Last week, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Kanawha County school board is no longer required by law to divert a portion of its budget for the public library each year -- meaning a funding loss of about 40 percent of the library's total $8 million budget.
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