Laura Bush Foundation

[Barbara Martin <bmartin@UNT.EDU>]

The response to the Laura Bush Foundation call for grant proposals was =
overwhelming. More than 6000 schools submitted applications with one-half =
of these in the 75%+ range for free and reduced lunch count. Funds =
presently available will provide for about 150 grants. The applications =
are currently under review and we anticipate announcing the awards around =
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The Foundation is impressed by the amount of interest shown in the program =
and will be running another round in a year. This obvious need confirms =
the First Lady Laura Bush's perception that school libraries are in dire =
need of more resources and may help to stimulate even more donor interest.

Barbara Stein Martin, Professor
University of North Texas
School of Library and Information Sciences
Denton, TX 76203
www.unt.edu/slis
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