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| Top California Librarian Questioned About Missing $650k Tied To Dolly Parton Child Literacy Program |
| 2026-03-15 |
| [FoxNews] California state librarian Greg Lucas is facing scrutiny from lawmakers after roughly $650,000 tied to a statewide literacy program connected to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library could not be accounted for. The issue surfaced during a Thursday Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 1 on Education hearing, which examined how funds were distributed for California’s participation in the book-gifting program. Documents shared by the subcommittee as part of its hearing agenda claim that a nonprofit created to help administer the program reported spending roughly $1.2 million, while bank statements provided to Senate budget staff showed $555,000 in expenditures, leaving about $649,000 without supporting documentation. "I find this to be incredibly concerning," said state Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez, D-Pasadena, chair of the subcommittee. "There’s $650,000 that’s been unaccounted for in a program, a bipartisan effort that was intended to increase literacy among children. This is incredibly serious." Related: Dolly Parton 12/23/2025 A look at aging baby boomers in the United States Dolly Parton 01/10/2023 Mel Gibson abruptly dis-invited to be Co-Grand Marshal of Endymion's Mardi Gras parade Dolly Parton 09/16/2022 The New World Order is Already Here |
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