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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":1410717,"object_type":"law","relational_id":354914,"identifier":"22.1-383","token":"22.1\/28\/22.1-383","url":"\/22.1-383\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/22.1-383\/","token":"22.1\/28\/22.1-383","dublin_core":{"Title":"(Expires January 1, 2029) Program administrator; duties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 22.1-383","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Program administrator<\/span> shall be responsible for the development, implementation, and administration of the Program. The Department<\/span> shall serve as the state Program sponsor and shall oversee its development, implementation, and administration. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> In administering the Program, the Program administrator<\/span> shall: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Determine the amount of funds needed for each school year to distribute sufficient money to fund the Program; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Establish a nonprofit entity organized solely to promote a love of reading and learning in children in the Commonwealth through the implementation of the Program; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Provide oversight over the nonprofit entity established pursuant to subdivision 2 in carrying out the following duties:\n\t\t\t\ta. Managing the daily operations of the Program;

\t\t\t\tb. Advancing, strengthening, and promoting the statewide development of local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs<\/span> with the goal of increasing enrollment;

\t\t\t\tc. Developing community engagement initiatives;

\t\t\t\td. Developing, promoting, and coordinating a public awareness program to make donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the Program and increase public awareness of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive reading selections<\/span> at no cost on a monthly basis;

\t\t\t\te. Developing statewide marketing and communication plans;

\t\t\t\tf. Executing a data sharing agreement with the Dollywood Foundation;

\t\t\t\tg. Soliciting donations, gifts, and other funding to financially support local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library programs<\/span>;

\t\t\t\th. Administering the local match requirement and coordinating the collection and remittance of local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program costs for books and postage; and

\t\t\t\ti. Providing an annual report to the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Education detailing the activities of the Program for the immediately preceding year, including (i) the total appropriations received and expenditures made by the Program administrator<\/span>, (ii) the number of participating local programs<\/span>, (iii) the number of children registered in the Program, and (iv) the number of books sent to registered children. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\n(EXPIRES JANUARY 1, 2029) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR; DUTIES (\u00a7 22.1-383)\n\nA. The Program administrator shall be responsible for the development,\nimplementation, and administration of the Program. The Department shall serve as\nthe state Program sponsor and shall oversee its development, implementation, and\nadministration.\n\nB. In administering the Program, the Program administrator shall:\n\n 1. Determine the amount of funds needed for each school year to distribute\n sufficient money to fund the Program;\n\n 2. Establish a nonprofit entity organized solely to promote a love of reading\n and learning in children in the Commonwealth through the implementation of the\n Program; and\n\n 3. Provide oversight over the nonprofit entity established pursuant to\n subdivision 2 in carrying out the following duties:\n \t\t\t\ta. Managing the daily operations of the Program;\t\t\t\tb. Advancing,\n strengthening, and promoting the statewide development of local Dolly\n Parton’s Imagination Library programs with the goal of increasing\n enrollment;\t\t\t\tc. Developing community engagement initiatives;\t\t\t\td.\n Developing, promoting, and coordinating a public awareness program to make\n donors aware of the opportunity to donate to the Program and increase public\n awareness of the opportunity to register eligible children to receive reading\n selections at no cost on a monthly basis;\t\t\t\te. Developing statewide marketing\n and communication plans;\t\t\t\tf. Executing a data sharing agreement with the\n Dollywood Foundation;\t\t\t\tg. Soliciting donations, gifts, and other funding to\n financially support local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library\n programs;\t\t\t\th. Administering the local match requirement and coordinating the\n collection and remittance of local Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library\n program costs for books and postage; and\t\t\t\ti. Providing an annual report to\n the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on\n Education detailing the activities of the Program for the immediately\n preceding year, including (i) the total appropriations received and\n expenditures made by the Program administrator, (ii) the number of\n participating local programs, (iii) the number of children registered in the\n Program, and (iv) the number of books sent to registered children.\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"}}