Transfers the Imagination Library program from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Office of the Superintendent of Public.
The bill moves the Imagination Library program, which provides age-appropriate books to children from birth to age five, from the Department of Children, Youth, and Families to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The program will be operated by a Washington state-based nonprofit organization. The nonprofit will be responsible for managing the program, establishing affiliate programs, and coordinating a public awareness campaign. The nonprofit will also pay 50% of the cost to provide books to eligible children, with the remaining cost covered by the affiliate programs.
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