Tell the Ohio House: Don’t Cut Ohio Libraries!
Ohio’s libraries are facing an unprecedented challenge in the Ohio House of Representatives, and we need your help.
How will the House’s version of the budget impact Ohio?
- The Ohio House of Representatives’ biennium budget proposal eliminates the Public Library Fund, a mechanism that has funded 251 public library systems for four decades.
- Ohio House Members plan to replace the Public Library Fund with a lump dollar amount for all Ohio libraries, which will result in cuts to libraries across the state.
- The Public Library Fund has remained flat for 25 years and House Members have put forward a dollar amount that does not account for a quarter of a century of inflation.
- Logan County Libraries alone stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars from this proposal.
Here in Logan County, the Public Library Fund makes 100% of all Logan County Libraries operations possible. If you want your tax dollars to come back from Columbus to support public libraries across the Buckeye State, call or email our Logan County House Members and House Speaker Huffman TODAY urging them to restore the Public Library Fund to the amount designated in the Governor’s proposed budget.
Rep. Tim Barhorst Rep. Ty D. Matthews Speaker Matt Huffman
(Logan County) (Logan County)
(614) 466-1507 (614) 466-3819 (614) 466-6344
rep85@ohiohouse.gov rep83@ohiohouse.gov rep78@ohiohouse.gov