Ohio’s libraries are facing an unprecedented challenge in the Ohio House of Representatives, and we need your help. Use the form below to email Representative Heidi Workman and House Speaker Huffman TODAY. Urge them to restore the Public Library Fund to the amount designated in the Governor’s proposed budget.

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, resulting 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.
• The line-item change could also result in striking library funding completely from future budgets.

For Reed Memorial Library, the Public Library Fund makes 49% of all RML operations possible (another 40% is from local taxes passed by voters like you). If you want your tax dollars to come back from Columbus and to support your library, use the form below and send your message to Representative Heidi Workman and House Speaker Matt Huffman.