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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 147<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1410713,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354913,"identifier":"22.1-382","token":"22.1\/28\/22.1-382","url":"\/22.1-382\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-382\/","token":"22.1\/28\/22.1-382","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Expires January 1, 2029) Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Virginia Program established","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-382","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Virginia Program<\/span> is established as a statewide program<\/span> for the purpose of promoting a comprehensive statewide initiative for encouraging preschool-age children to develop a love of reading and learning whereby, with such funds as are provided for such purpose pursuant to the general appropriation act, one reading selection<\/span> per month is provided to each registered child from birth to age five, inclusive, in each participating county through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at no cost to the family of such child. The Program<\/span> shall contribute to local programs<\/span> a 50 percent match of funds, if available, required of such local programs<\/span> participating in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library in the Commonwealth. Moneys appropriated for the Program<\/span> shall be allocated to affiliates that agree to a dollar match for the purposes of the Program<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EXPIRES JANUARY 1, 2029) DOLLY PARTON’S IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA\nPROGRAM ESTABLISHED (\u00a7 22.1-382)\n\nThe Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Virginia Program is established\nas a statewide program for the purpose of promoting a comprehensive statewide\ninitiative for encouraging preschool-age children to develop a love of reading\nand learning whereby, with such funds as are provided for such purpose pursuant\nto the general appropriation act, one reading selection per month is provided to\neach registered child from birth to age five, inclusive, in each participating\ncounty through Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at no cost to the family\nof such child. The Program shall contribute to local programs a 50 percent match\nof funds, if available, required of such local programs participating in Dolly\nParton’s Imagination Library in the Commonwealth. Moneys appropriated for\nthe Program shall be allocated to affiliates that agree to a dollar match for\nthe purposes of the Program.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, c. 147.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}