(Dodge County) A number of Dodge County school district libraries have received state funding. Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski recently announced that a record $40.6-million-dollars will be disbursed to public school libraries to help them recover from the pandemic and expand offerings to students. The money is provided through the Common School Fund.
The Beaver Dam School District is in line for $147-thousand-dollars.
Cambria-Friesland will receive $16-thousand.
Columbus is getting $63-thousand-dollars.
Dodgeland will get $33-thousand.
Fall River was awarded $24-thousand.
Horicon is receiving $41-thousand-dollars.
Hustisford is getting $21-thousand.
Lomira $48-thousand-dollars.
Markesan and Mayville will both get $58-thousand.
Randolph $27-thousand-dollars.
Watertown $173-thousand.
Waupun with $90-thousand-dollars.
Using the returns generated from effective investments into Wisconsin communities, the Common School Fund provides crucial funding to Wisconsin’s public school libraries. For over 90-percent of school libraries, this disbursement is their sole source of funding.
Public school librarians and media specialists can use the money from the annual distributions to purchase books and technology for libraries so that they can help students learn and grow.
