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Wisconsin school libraries to get $35.3 million

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, March 27, 2009 - 11:47 a.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's public school libraries will get more than $35 million to buy new books, computers and other materials.

The money comes from an obscure state agency that maintains a fund comprised of fees, fines and forfeitures on such things as traffic tickets and unclaimed property.

Principal from that account is used to make loans to municipalities and school districts. In the past year, the state gave nearly $198 million in 212 loans.

Interest from those loans is then distributed to public school libraries. That award has steadily increased over the past six years.

The state Department of Public Instruction received the money Friday and will distribute it to schools

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Purrmaid
Mar 28, 2009 at 2:55 p.m.
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Alrighta! :)

shdow5
Mar 27, 2009 at 6:35 p.m.
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This is wonderful news for the schools and a much needed improvement.

janesvillean
Mar 27, 2009 at 1:44 p.m.
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Why not name the agency? (I couldn't find the origin of this wire story in a longer version.) I assume they're talking about the Common School Fund.
http://dpi.wi.gov/imt/csf_expl.html
http://www.wla.lib.wi.us/legis/csf.htm

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