New Jersey lawmakers advance $2M Dolly Parton Imagination Library bill to boost childhood literacy

By: Zo Terrana

Outlets: NJ State House News Service

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 477

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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TRENTON, N.J. - Seven weeks after the death of music icon Dolly Parton, the Assembly Education Committee voted 4-1 Thursday to move a measure that would establish a state-funded Imagination Library program to foster childhood literacy.

Parton, whose father never learned to read or write, founded the Imagination Library in 1995.

S4718 aims to establish a New Jersey Imagination Library Program within the Department of Education with $2 million in funding. Children, age 5 …

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