California Education Code

§ 19351

EDC § 19351 Effective Sep 30, 2022Div. 1 · Title 1 · Part 11 · Ch. 7 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)There is hereby created in the State Treasury a fund which shall be known as the Imagination Library of California Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all moneys deposited in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, are continuously appropriated to the California State Library for purposes of this article.

(b)Moneys from the fund shall be used to provide age-appropriate books on a monthly basis, at home, to each child registered in the program, from birth to their fifth birthday, inclusive, at no cost to families, through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

(c)(1) Moneys from the fund shall be allocated to qualified local entities that agree to a dollar-for-dollar match for purposes of the program.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 992, Sec. 1. (SB 1183) Effective September 30, 2022.