Top California librarian questioned about missing $650K tied to Dolly Parton child literacy program

Top California librarian questioned about missing $650K tied to Dolly Parton child literacy program

California lawmakers are demanding answers after about $650,000 linked to a statewide literacy program tied to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library could not be accounted for.

Grove questions where $650,000 in state library money went

State Sen. Shannon Grove (R–Bakersfield) raised questions last week as to why State Librarian Greg Lucas apparently misappropriated $650,000.  Grove lit into Lucas during a meeting of the California Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee last Thursday, dealing with Dolly Parton’s literacy nonprofit.  The backstory: In 2022, Grove and then-Senate Pro Tempore Toni Atkins authored Senate Bill 1183 to promote children’s literacy through the Do…