A measure now before the Indiana Senate would allow library districts to opt out of proposed reorganization efforts with a little help from voters.
Senate Bill 348 would establish a service planning committee in each county to craft a plan for a consolidated county library system or draw up — and defend — a proposal to maintain multiple library districts.
The effort is a product of the Kernan-Shepard local government reform commission, which found that 6.5 percent of the state’s population — in pockets of 38 counties — does not have access to library services.
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